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What people are looking for are candidates and representatives that are going to work hard, tell it like it is. I'm unafraid to do things when it doesn't poll well.

~Adam Hasner

Topics: Candidates Going Hard Like Looking People Poll Representatives Tell Things Unafraid Well Work Work Hard

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There is a real diversity of talent and background on the A list so as to better reflect our society in all walks. There are people who have been candidates before, Councillors, Doctors, business leaders, charity campaigners.

~Adam Rickitt

Topics: Background Been Before Better Business Business Leaders Candidates Charity Diversity Doctors Leaders List Our People Real Reflect Society Talent Walks Who

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The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.

~Adlai E. Stevenson

Topics: Box Breakfast Candidates Cereal Democratic Democratic Process Gather High High Office Idea Like Merchandise Office Process Think Tops Ultimate Votes You I Think

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For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.

~Ai Weiwei

Topics: About Any Beliefs Candidates China Controversial Corruption Debates Essential Expense Human Human Rights Human Values Law Mention Obama Partnership Presidential Protecting Record Rights Romney Rule Rule Of Law Strategic Suspect Tackling Talk Topics Tough Values

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I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.

~Al Yankovic

Topics: Candidates Charts Come Good Horrible Ideas Make Songs Speak Targets Then Those Try Up

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But when I was selected, after my very first tour of squadron duty, to become one of the youngest candidates for the test pilot school, I began to realize, maybe you are a little bit better.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: After Become Began Better Bit Candidates Duty First Little Little Bit Maybe Pilot Realize School Selected Test Tour Very You Youngest

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I was nominated at first by a group called Justice Democrats. They were trying to essentially field non-corporate candidates in the 2018 midterm election. They were looking for people with a history of community service, and my name had come across their desk, and they called.

~Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Topics: Across Candidates Come Community Community Service Democrats Desk Election Essentially Field First Group Had History Justice Looking Name Nominated People Service Trying Were

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It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not.

~Alfred Nobel

Topics: Candidates Consideration Express Given He Most Nationality Prize Prizes Receive Scandinavian Shall Whether Wish Worthy

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Black Lives Matter, as a network, will not, does not, has not, ain't going to endorse any candidates. Now if there are activists within the movement that want to do that independently, they should feel free, and if that's what makes sense for their local conditions, that's fantastic.

~Alicia Garza

Topics: Activists Any Black Candidates Conditions Does Endorse Fantastic Feel Free Going Independently Lives Local Makes Matter Movement Network Now Sense Should Want Will Within

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I read contrived memoirs by presidential candidates. For every 'Dreams From My Father' - Barack Obama's honest, literary portrayal of his biracial upbringing - there were a dozen cautious, formulaic vanity projects by politicians.

~Amy Chozick

Topics: Barack Candidates Cautious Contrived Dozen Dreams Every Father His Honest Literary Memoirs Obama Politicians Presidential Projects Read Upbringing Vanity Were

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