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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

I don't want to talk in terms of miracles. I think this is a very serious situation. But I do want to talk in terms of Bush becoming a man of the hour, and I think this is way to do it.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about man

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

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

The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.

Quote by Charles Babbage about tools, limits

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no...

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about happiness, joy, work, man

It's harder to get stand-alone material published, but it's worth the wait and effort, and then, if you really want to do a Star Trek novel, you can pretty much dictate the terms.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about celebrity

I mean Iggy and The Stooges first couple of albums I think sold twenty five thousand between the two of them you know and so to talk in terms of an underground I mean you have to go really to the independent labels and things like that.

Quote by Lester Bangs about couple, things

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 americans

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, commerce, security, chance, action, help

I think black Americans expect too much from individual...

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about americans, magic

An epic is not even a re-creation of old things; it is...

An epic is not even a re-creation of old things; it is altogether a new creation, a new creation in terms of old things.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about creation, old, olderness, things

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

Arnold Schwarzenegger, I don't know if you'd call him a great actor, but he's amazing in terms of his presence, and he is interesting enough that you want to watch him.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about actors

I don't really worry so much about image. I try to just live my own life, my personal life, to my own sense of morality. In terms of the kinds of characters that I play, well, they could be anything.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about morality, worry, common sense, sense, life

I felt really strongly, as a New Yorker, that the city bonded in a way that transcended race and sex and economic status. We had an opportunity that the president just completely blew. Now we've gone so far in the other direction in terms of war...

Quote by Kevin Bacon about danger, city, chance, war, sex

The independents should be a place where you can...

The independents should be a place where you can challenge the studios in terms of what they're doing.

Quote by Kevin Bacon

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