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In an economy with record-breaking prosperity, it's past time to put poor people on the political agenda.


Jim Wallis

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DERRICK MAX My work is drawn to the political but avoids an agenda. There is no inherent critique or support.
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WALTER DE LA MARE It's not on the agenda. Maybe in 10 years time.
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ED CASHMAN Drzeci se za proslost,
odricemo se buducnosti.
TAMARA STAMENKOVIC You can't handle claims with an agenda, you have to handle claims on the merits.
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MANDY HALE All the things that are in the past are in the past.
PABLO SANDOVAL There's no sustenance in the past.
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JIM MORRISON There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important.
JIM ROHN I suspect that most people in the world will travel through or at least wish to travel through Miami...
JIM DRAIN Embryonic stem cell research will prolong life, improve life and give hope for life to millions of p...
JIM RAMSTAD I go out and take oysters, clams and mussels every 2 weeks or so during late fall, winter and early ...
JIM HIMES If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, ...
JIM ROHN Narrative has been part of human consciousness for a long time. And if it has played a part in all t...
JIM CRACE I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it...
JIM MORRISON Tens of thousands of brave Americans died to break the chains of British tyranny so that the princip...
JIM GERLACH