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With the sole exception of President Bill Clinton, whose 'bridge to the 21st century' evoked the vision and optimism of other great Democratic presidents of the 20th century, such as FDR and John F. Kennedy, pessimism about America's economic future has been the hallmark of modern progressivism.

~Bernard L. Schwartz

Topics: About America Been Bill Bill Clinton Bridge Century Clinton Democratic Economic Exception Future Great Hallmark John John F. Kennedy Kennedy Modern Optimism Other Pessimism President Presidents Progressivism Sole Vision Whose 20Th Century 21St Century

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We of the modern age are a bridge between the old human and the new one. We still have the mentality of the old human - a slave mentality, like the Children of Israel in Egypt: too controlled, full of fear.

~Bernard Werber

Topics: Age Between Bridge Children Controlled Egypt Fear Full Human Israel Like Mentality Modern New New One Old Slave Still Too

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My mother's father taught English literature. When I was about ten or eleven, I could recite Macaulay's 'Lays of Ancient Rome.' While other kids were playing pedestrian war games, I'd be Horatius keeping the bridge.

~Bernie Taupin

Topics: About Ancient Ancient Rome Bridge Could Eleven English English Literature Father Games Keeping Kids Lays Literature Mother Other Other Kids Pedestrian Playing Recite Rome Taught Ten War Were While

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Feminism - the word - can give us a handle, a rallying point, a common ground, and help us build a bridge. Why not claim the gift of the word as a place to begin?

~Betty Buckley

Topics: Begin Bridge Build Claim Common Common Ground Feminism Gift Give Ground Handle Help Place Point Us Why Why Not Word

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The Federal Highway Administration has allowed states to take advantage of a loophole in federal regulations, delaying bridge inspections to every four years instead of the two years normally required.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Administration Advantage Allowed Bridge Every Federal Four Highway Inspection Instead Loophole Normally Regulations Required States Take Take Advantage Two Years

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Federal regulations forbid delaying inspections for fracture-critical bridges like the fallen Minneapolis bridge - the kind with a lack of redundancy in design, so that a single failure in a load-bearing part can cause the entire bridge to collapse.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Bridge Bridges Cause Collapse Design Entire Failure Fallen Federal Forbid Inspection Kind Lack Like Part Regulations Single

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Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

~Bill Gates

Topics: Basketball Basketball Player Bridge Coach Everyone Gymnast Matter Needs Player Tennis Tennis Player Whether You

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If all my bridge coach ever told me was that I was 'satisfactory,' I would have no hope of ever getting better. How would I know who was the best? How would I know what I was doing differently?

~Bill Gates

Topics: Best Better Bridge Coach Differently Doing Ever Getting Getting Better Hope How Know Me No Hope Satisfactory Who Would

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Playing bridge is a pretty old fashioned thing in a way that I really like.

~Bill Gates

Topics: Bridge Like Old Playing Pretty Really Thing Way

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Beyond highways and roads, we need more money for mass transit, intercity passenger rail and freight rail. We have a long way to go to bridge the funding gaps.

~Bill Lipinski

Topics: Beyond Bridge Freight Funding Gaps Go Highways Long Long Way Mass Money More Need Passenger Rail Roads Transit Way

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