Ed Rendell quote: "I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs."

Most people are motivated by the economy. And if you've lost your job, lost your mortgage, lost ...
ED RENDELL

And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from hav...
ED RENDELL

One of the things that people don't realize is that that natural beauty, those recreational forests,...
ED RENDELL

There are a tremendous amount of environmental issues that are on the table.
ED RENDELL

Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation.
ED RENDELL

I am a free spirit. I tell the truth, and I like to mix it up.
ED RENDELL

I think a moratorium probably is legal, and we should probably for a short period of time impose a m...
ED RENDELL

Tourism is our second biggest industry in terms of the people it employs.
ED RENDELL

Number one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile.
ED RENDELL

And secondly, I would impose a significant state landfill tipping fee and use that tipping fee to fu...
ED RENDELL

I think if we're going to have to landfill trash, and I think we basically have to, we might as ...
ED RENDELL

The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered...
ED RENDELL

No question, but I would give priority-all else being equal-I would give the nod to preserving the b...
ED RENDELL

If there was a way to discourage trash constitutionally, I would sure as heck take a hard look at it...
ED RENDELL

I think if we're going to have to landfill trash, and I think we basically have to, we might as well...
ED RENDELL

To have the 111th here at Willow Grove ... without planes is a bad result, ... Why would you, if you...
ED RENDELL

Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation.
ED RENDELL

brings home the crushing reality of this war.
ED RENDELL

We're exceptionally gratified, ... I think it's fair to say we're elated.
ED RENDELL

That was what crossed the line,
ED RENDELL

It's like preparing for a party and learning only 1/10th of the guest are coming,
ED RENDELL

The landscape of this city would have been miserably different and decidedly poorer had Ed Bacon not...
ED RENDELL

How dare they say that John Kerry is liberal when they have run up the biggest deficit in the histor...
ED RENDELL

And preserving our open spaces or having them there for recreational purposes is one of the things t...
ED RENDELL

The landscape of this city would have been measurably different and decidedly poorer had Ed Bacon no...
ED RENDELL

How dare they say things like that when John Kerry supported them on a number of different things an...
ED RENDELL

reflects an insensitivity to the victims [and] the victims' families.
ED RENDELL

For my part, I make this pledge to all of you: The politics of division, of pitting east against wes...
ED RENDELL

I think we're recommending to [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] no more than 300 people comi...
ED RENDELL

I don't think anyone can calculate the effect of having a Jew on the ticket,
ED RENDELL

triumph of the misuse of power.
ED RENDELL

We believe we're ready for them, ... We wanted to make sure we were ready before anybody came. We wa...
ED RENDELL

This special session will provide a focused way to deliver on that promise without the influence of ...
ED RENDELL

One of the things that people don't realize is that that natural beauty, those recreational fore...
ED RENDELL

That doesn't mean we are going to stand down,
ED RENDELL

available to me as governor to perform state active-duty missions dealing with homeland security, na...
ED RENDELL

It brings home the crushing reality of this war ... and the incredibly high price we pay for what we...
ED RENDELL

did the right thing.
ED RENDELL

Why do we have to have violence, torture, brutality in crime dramas every time we turn on television...
RUTH RENDELL

Both my parents had strokes. My father had several, but the last one was fatal. It's a horribly ...
RUTH RENDELL

We always know when we are awake that we cannot be dreaming even though when actually dreaming we fe...
RUTH RENDELL

'The Chimney Sweeper's Boy' began differently from any previous book I'd written. It...
RUTH RENDELL

The knives of jealousy are honed on details.
RUTH RENDELL

I don't make any notes, but I do know where to find things. Suppose I need to know where Wexford...
RUTH RENDELL

In judging other people's work, particularly short stories, I have noticed how novice writers te...
RUTH RENDELL

The old detective story that's got a really complicated motive doesn't apply to mine.
RUTH RENDELL

I don't feel that I wanted to spend my whole writing life - which is my life - writing detective...
RUTH RENDELL

People tell me the most extraordinary things. I've noticed it for years. Perhaps they know I won...
RUTH RENDELL

I went into a church and simply said, 'Goodbye.' It is the terrible unfairness of life. How ...
RUTH RENDELL

I get up just before six and come downstairs, put food out for the cats, and open the cat flap. Then...
RUTH RENDELL

We, people, are so very, very complicated that no matter how well drawn a fictional character is, th...
RUTH RENDELL

People are still being put into geriatric wards when they don't need it. They need treatment, no...
RUTH RENDELL

My favourite book - 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford, which I have read about 20 times ...
RUTH RENDELL

Ford Maddox Ford's 'The Good Soldier' is my favourite novel. I first read it in the 1950...
RUTH RENDELL

I don't think the Barbara Vines are mysteries in any sense. The Barbara Vine is much more slowly...
RUTH RENDELL

I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humili...
RUTH RENDELL

This is a win-win situation, ... I am totally confused as to why this union is going out on strike.
EDWARD RENDELL

I'm a very rigorous person. I like to take exercise. People get mired in old age, they get bent ...
RUTH RENDELL

Nobody will go on being remembered for a very long time, unless you're Shakespeare or Milton. I ...
RUTH RENDELL

I agree with what Mark Twain said - we're all mad at night.
RUTH RENDELL

What I mind in modern society very much is the awful lack of grammar.
RUTH RENDELL

I wouldn't be young again even if it were possible, but I am not going to pretend that growing o...
RUTH RENDELL

[Publishers Weekly said] 13 Steps Down ... all her trademark virtues: vivid characters, a plot addic...
RUTH RENDELL

My mother had multiple sclerosis.
RUTH RENDELL

My mother started to suffer from multiple sclerosis, but nobody knew what MS was then. My father did...
RUTH RENDELL

WINTER'S GHOST:
Autumn moon
incautious in the dark river
Winter’s ghost walks
...
TAMARA RENDELL

London underground took me on a tour of all the hidden places, the disused shafts and staircases... ...
RUTH RENDELL

If there is but one pearl of wisdom I have to impart to you, after all my observations here thus far...
NATASHA RENDELL

There are some novelists who can get away with writing about sex - Philip Roth, Ian McEwan - but the...
RUTH RENDELL

I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a l...
RUTH RENDELL

People do sometimes ask me some really idiotic questions: 'Is your husband afraid of you putting...
RUTH RENDELL

Dreams are like the old stories where wolves are seekers always running, and women carry fire in the...
TAMARA RENDELL

Old women especially are invisible. I have been to parties where no one knows who I am, so I am igno...
RUTH RENDELL

I have an idea, and I have a perpetrator, and I write the book along those lines, and when I get to ...
RUTH RENDELL

The more you pander to what is, presumably, the taste of young people, the more you corrupt.
RUTH RENDELL

I never make notes; just a few small details when I'm writing, but nothing much. The plot is nev...
RUTH RENDELL

That person cannot go in and buy 15 guns for resale, because they would be set to that purchaser's o...
EDWARD RENDELL

Pennsylvania companies are not only reducing workplace injuries, they are saving hundreds of million...
EDWARD RENDELL

These seven companies have demonstrated a strong commitment to workplace safety and exemplify what a...
EDWARD RENDELL

All we hear is the usual stuff about, 'We need more time to examine your proposals,' ... That's why ...
EDWARD RENDELL

I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of mo...
RUTH RENDELL

People who have had a stroke and are recovering from it love being read to... especially by someone ...
RUTH RENDELL

I'm very fond of Tennessee Williams' plays, and when my husband and I went to New Orleans in...
RUTH RENDELL

Not only is Siemens investing $7.2 million to build this new manufacturing and testing facility, the...
GOVERNOR RENDELL

Clean energy production isn't just a matter of environmental protection. It's also vital to homeland...
GOVERNOR RENDELL

Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
RUTH RENDELL

I was just doing bits and pieces of acting in the U.K. I'd been in the film 'Breaking and En...
ED WESTWICK

I have made this one dish, a salted caramel chocolate ganache tart. It's so rich. You can only h...
ED OXENBOULD

Over the years, Forgotten Realms and gaming have taken me all over the world and made me all sorts o...
ED GREENWOOD

I don't think that there's much that sets me apart from other musicians, but I think there a...
ED SHEERAN

There's enormous energy required to carry grudges - enormous energy! And I'm getting too old...
ED KOCH

I've always had really messy hair.
ED SHEERAN

In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
ED SHEERAN

Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.
ED MARKEY

Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the bette...
ED BRADLEY

One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
ED SMITH

Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.
ED TOWNSEND

Tell me, Connie, is your mother still dead?
ED SULLIVAN

I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to b...
ED STOPPARD

'Upstairs Downstairs' somehow bestrode the different genres that had come before it to creat...
ED STOPPARD

In the life of any actor or actress, there is inevitably a time when they will be eligible to act in...
ED STOPPARD

I am always nervous when I'm auditioning for a part I really want.
ED STOPPARD

The beauty of Rome is that you can wander into a pizzeria just about anywhere and get a real Italian...
ED STOPPARD

I tend to gravitate toward conflicted characters, and a character who is exploring chaos theory and ...
ED STOPPARD

It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of ...
ED STOPPARD

It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.
ED STOPPARD

I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.
ED STOPPARD

Vatican City is a bit overrated in my opinion - no offence to the Vatican.
ED STOPPARD

If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
ED STOPPARD

I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
ED STOPPARD

I love going to the Via Giulia, a beautiful old cobbled street, which has a bridge at one end behind...
ED STOPPARD

The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played ...
ED SPELEERS

I'm a big fan of British cinema; I think we make some unbelievably brilliant films, but they can...
ED SPELEERS

I think it's really important whilst you're a young actor to try as many new things as possi...
ED SPELEERS

Education never really interested me, to be fair. I mean, education does interest me, but academic s...
ED SPELEERS

I don't think I'm ugly, but I never thought I was that special.
ED SPELEERS

I like going to see live bands. Live bands can be quite heavy, but I think it's very relaxing at...
ED SPELEERS

My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, a...
ED SPELEERS

I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and t...
ED SPELEERS

I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoug...
ED SPELEERS

I was a mixture of a country boy and a town boy, really. Chichester is a town on the coast of Englan...
ED SPELEERS

I like having my back against the wall and doing things I'm not supposed to be good at.
ED SKREIN

You can be powerful without being loud and aggressive.
ED SKREIN

However we can spread love and progression, we've got to do it.
ED SKREIN

I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and...
ED SKREIN

I don't really do that whole 'single life' thing. I'm kind of heads down and get thi...
ED SHEERAN

Some of my tattoos are a bit silly, but I know where and what time I got them.
ED SHEERAN

It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing.
ED SHEERAN

The whole 'studly womaniser' thing, I mean, I quite enjoy the title - it's just not very...
ED SHEERAN

I've never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don't know that ...
ED SHEERAN

The public has heard the stereotypical love songs a million times, and they've heard the stereot...
ED SHEERAN

I'd like to have kids and a wife, and you know, drop them off at school and like, do normal thin...
ED SHEERAN

I think I need to accept the fact that I am where I am today because fans have shared my music illeg...
ED SHEERAN

Nashville is wicked. It's like a proper music community, but it's also quintessentially Amer...
ED SHEERAN

I do like my hair. It took a while to come around to the fact that it was quite a unique value point...
ED SHEERAN

The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of peo...
ED SHEERAN

I've had years of teasing about my red hair, but I definitely think it toughened me up. If you&#...
ED SHEERAN

I personally don't think ginger men have a habit of being attractive. We have to make ourselves ...
ED SHEERAN

Whenever you have an ex, and they're like, 'I hope we can still be friends!' and you wer...
ED SHEERAN

Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering un...
ED ROYCE

The ongoing dispute over the relocation of U.S. Marines on Okinawa should be quickly settled. This i...
ED ROYCE

The Small Business Lending Fund was cleverly named by its authors last Congress. Since its implement...
ED ROYCE

Let us not forget, the financial crisis had its roots in the decision by Congress to embark on a cou...
ED ROYCE

A big part of the problem that we face today is that our children have been taught at schools that e...
ED ROYCE

Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be mo...
ED ROYCE

I've always had a keen interest in the world. My father was in Patton's 3rd Army, and he hel...
ED ROYCE

Al Qaeda is on the run, partly because the United States is in Afghanistan, pushing on al Qaeda, and...
ED ROYCE

The reality is that al Qaeda has been trying to attack the United States since long before Iraq.
ED ROYCE

The Nigerians have been very instrumental in preserving stability in Sierra Leone. They have done th...
ED ROYCE

I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives.
ED ROYCE

The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all e...
ED ROYCE

Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playin...
ED ROYCE

The U.S. should support the Nigerian government to stay in Sierra Leone under the ECOMOG umbrella. T...
ED ROYCE

The Unites States used to use law enforcement to aggressively target North Korea illicit activities ...
ED ROYCE

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will...
ED ROYCE

I am fighting vigorously for less spending, less waste and limited government. I strongly believe th...
ED ROYCE

History is full of examples of regimes that were oppressing at home and aggressive abroad, and I can...
ED ROYCE

What we won't become is a 'Democratic Party lite!' We are a party that wants smaller gov...
ED ROLLINS

I am not predicting here that Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter. What I am predicting is the Republi...
ED ROLLINS

I became a Republican in the summer of 1972. I was involved in running President Nixon's re-elec...
ED ROLLINS

Everybody in this race is against Obama, okay? So saying you're against Obama, against Obamacare...
ED ROLLINS

I think to a certain extent, Clinton may have expected as the senior president that Obama would'...
ED ROLLINS

There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
ED ROLLINS

One of the reasons a strategist never sits in a stadium and gets caught up in the crowds - and never...
ED ROLLINS

I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and ev...
ED ROLLINS

While I do not hesitate to applaud certain aspects of the resolution honoring the sacrifices of our ...
ED PASTOR

Stopping Vieques bombing range good; sooner is better.
ED PASTOR

I will work to restore fiscal responsibility to our country's budget and to provide for a more r...
ED PASTOR

Obviously, it gave me a chance to see Barcelona. I won't deny that. But I also had a chance to s...
ED PASTOR

While prices of goods continue to rise, American worker's wages remain stagnant.
ED PASTOR

Health care should be affordable for everyone.
ED PASTOR

Make health care a right, not a privilege.
ED PASTOR

As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important thi...
ED PASTOR

Funding and maintaining programs from Head Start to Pell Grants must be a high priority.
ED PASTOR

Access to basic quality health care is one of the most important domestic issues facing our nation.
ED PASTOR

What we do want to see is reforms that are going to have a permanent effect on the budget deficit.
ED PARKER

With every social media, there's hate and things like that.
ED OXENBOULD

I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.
ED OXENBOULD

I love to watch low-budget indie artsy films, but I do also love the big blockbuster things. I would...
ED OXENBOULD

I've had horrible days where you wake up with a zit, and you have to film, and it's terrible...
ED OXENBOULD

I love working in America!
ED OXENBOULD

I love reading; I really enjoy it. I read books quite fast, which kind of annoys me, but I like it a...
ED OXENBOULD

I never really grasped how big it was when I initially got 'Alexander'; I thought, 'Ooh,...
ED OXENBOULD

My friends and I often film videos when we get together and hang out, and they're usually just s...
ED OXENBOULD

I listen to a lot of music, and I listen to some rap, and I do like listening to Biggie Smalls.
ED OXENBOULD

I have a real interest in baking. I'd love to go to culinary school. That's actually my plan...
ED OXENBOULD

Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. ...
ED OXENBOULD

My goal was never to win awards. Mine was let me get to a place where I don't have to work. I do...
ED O'NEILL

I channel surf like probably most people.
ED O'NEILL

I always found that drama, really good drama, has a lot of comedy in it.
ED O'NEILL

I got into television, and I'm a television guy, so I've never really had a movie career.
ED O'NEILL

I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to...
ED O'NEILL

Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.
ED O'NEILL

I'd loved to wear jeans and t-shirts, but everybody was in the peace movement back then. And tha...
ED O'NEILL

I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very...
ED O'NEILL

I took a plane from New York City to Los Angeles for an audition. I met all the people. After that, ...
ED O'NEILL

I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type ...
ED O'NEILL

Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there...
ED O'NEILL

In terms of comedians, I loved, growing up, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silve...
ED O'NEILL

I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs.

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Ed Rendell

I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs.

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