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Whereas robocalls are ever-present, the problem of contraband cellphones in prisons - that is, cellphones illegally being used by inmates - is generally out-of-sight and too easily ignored. But the need for action is just as clear.

~Ajit Pai

Topics: Action Being Being Used Clear Easily Generally Ignored Just Need Prisons Problem Too Used Whereas

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War contributes greatly to global warming, which shouldn't surprise us. All those bombs going off, all those rockets, all those planes and helicopters. All that fuel of various kinds being used. It pollutes the air and water of this very fragile and interconnected planet.

~Alice Walker

Topics: Air Being Being Used Bombs Fragile Fuel Global Global Warming Going Greatly Interconnected Kinds Off Planes Planet Rockets Surprise Those Us Used Various Very War Warming Water Which

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Governments can no longer control 100 percent of the story. Time and geographical boundaries disappear. In places like China and all over the Middle East, social-media outlets are being used to expose and hold accountable public officials that don't want to be held accountable for corruption and human rights abuses.

~Amy Jo Martin

Topics: Abuse Accountable Being Being Used Boundaries China Control Corruption Disappear East Expose Geographical Governments Held Hold Human Human Rights Like Longer Middle Middle East Officials Outlets Over Percent Places Public Rights Story Time Used Want

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It's hard to get those roles that allow you to show everything and feel like you're really being used and exhausted and spent, which I think is what actors really love: We want to be tired.

~Amy Landecker

Topics: Actor Allow Being Being Used Everything Exhausted Feel Get Hard Like Love Really Roles Show Spent Think Those Tired Used Want Which You I Think

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Wherever we've gone around the world, we've found quite significant gaps: the holy texts, no matter which one you turn to, has ambiguity in it around slavery. That, we knew, was being used as justification by slavers all over the world.

~Andrew Forrest

Topics: Ambiguity Around Being Being Used Found Gaps Gone Holy Justification Knew Matter Over Quite Significant Slavery Texts Turn Used Wherever Which World You

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As governor, my chief responsibility is to keep our state and people safe, which is why I have decided to oppose Arkansas being used as a relocation center for Syrian refugees.

~Asa Hutchinson

Topics: Arkansas Being Being Used Center Chief Decided Governor Keep Oppose Our People Refugees Responsibility Safe State Syrian Used Which Why

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I don't like the idea of a book being a test or being used for a test. The way - in my opinion - to make good readers is to let kids choose their own books and not test them.

~Avi

Topics: Being Being Used Book Books Choose Good Idea In My Opinion Kids Like Make Opinion Own Readers Test Them Used Way

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The Federal Reserve, like other central banks, wields powerful tools; democratic accountability requires that the public be able to see how and for what purposes those tools are being used.

~Ben Bernanke

Topics: Able Accountability Banks Being Being Used Central Democratic Federal Federal Reserve How Like Other Powerful Public Purposes Requires Reserve See Those Tools Used

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The reality of any location in Britain being used in a TV program of a film is that something bad is going to happen! That's the nature of drama. Most of the things that get made or basically grisly detective shows about murders, accidents or medical dramas.

~Ben Wheatley

Topics: About Accidents Any Bad Basically Being Being Used Britain Detective Drama Dramas Film Get Going Happen Location Made Medical Most Nature Program Reality Shows Something Things Tv Used

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What's kept Java from being used as widely as possible is there hasn't been an Open Source implementation of it that's gotten really widespread use.

~Brian Behlendorf

Topics: Been Being Being Used Gotten Implementation Java Kept Open Open Source Possible Really Source Use Used Widely Widespread

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