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We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue.

Quote by Bruce Babbitt about country, use, destruction

The long term versus the short term argument is one used...

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

Quote by Lord Acton

We also do not understand why long-term rates have not...

We also do not understand why long-term rates have not increased while the Federal Reserve has been raising short-term rates.

Quote by Martin Feldstein

A base closure is a pretty usable thing, it'll present a...

A base closure is a pretty usable thing, it'll present a long-term opportunity as well as a short-term problem, everybody right now is making plans.

Quote by Frank O'Hara about chance, present, rightness, things

A pure mathematical series would be one in which each...

A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.

Quote by George Oppen about mathematics, rules, purity

Well, I know I worked for Governor Rockefeller the last time he ran for his fourth term, and I obviously ran against Governor Cuomo the time he ran for his fourth term.

Quote by George Pataki about time

I've wanted somehow to convey to you the sensations - the atmospheric pressure, you might say - of what it is to be seriously a long-term prisoner in an American prison.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison, americans, contentment

To help U.S. workers, farmers and businesses, and America's long-term economic security, Congress should take decisive action to bring about fair trade with China, instead of squandering this opportunity on a weak Republican bill.

Quote by Joe Baca about workers, bills, commerce, security, chance, action, help

Of course to Americans the term outsiders means outside...

Of course to Americans the term outsiders means outside Iraq. But to an Iraqi it means someone not from this local area.

Quote by John Abizaid about americans

Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those who sign the appeal, of the necessity for carrying on propaganda; so a corps of propagandists, if I may use the term, is thus trained.

Quote by Fredrik Bajer about value, use

India is a geographical term. It is no more a united...

India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator.

Quote by Winston Churchill about nation

Well, it arose out of two long-term concerns - the first being the possibility of genetic manipulation, nature versus nurture, what constitutes how people get to be how they are.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about nature, being, people

I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated.

Quote by Glenn Close about wife, thinking

I only look at things in a short term of a few years, but...

I only look at things in a short term of a few years, but admittedly, I reevaluate what I'm doing, and whether I want to continue touring or not.

Quote by Joe Cocker about things

Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some...

Everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil.

Quote by William Godwin about common sense, sense

Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of...

Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.

Quote by William Godwin about memory, man, life

Unmarketable is a much more worrying term for them because if they can find an angle to make something unwatchable marketable, they'll do it every week.

Quote by Bill Forsyth

Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little more than a term of abuse applied by critics to anything they do not yet understand or which seems to differ from their moral concepts.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about word, use, moral

The book or periodical most vital to the completion of...

The book or periodical most vital to the completion of your term paper will be missing from the library.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about school, education

We can't just throw a switch and say Indian Point is going to be safe, we have to look long-term because it will ultimately be decommissioned and we have to work aggressively now to bring in new sources of power.

Quote by George Pataki about power, work

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