People say, 'In Washington, things can't get done.' We at the state level have to get it done. We don't have filibusters and kicking the can down the road - we don't have that luxury. We've gotta act, and we've got to keep our citizens safe. We've got to grow our economies and provide education and a transportation system that's efficient.
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TERRY PRATCHETT In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. TERRY PRATCHETT Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you. TERRY PRATCHETT Have you ever noticed how ‘What the hell’ is always the right decision to make? TERRY JOHNSON Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is ... TERRY GOODKIND Few religions are definite about the size of Heaven, but on the planet Earth the Book of Revelation ... TERRY PRATCHETT It's a terrible thing for a man when his woman gangs up on him wi' a toad TERRY PRATCHETT God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which migh... TERRY PRATCHETT Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it f... TERRY PRATCHETT All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life ... TERRY PRATCHETT Grinning like a necrophiliac in a morgue. TERRY PRATCHETT Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot ... TERRY PRATCHETT Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism. TERRY EAGLETON After all, if you do not resist the apparently inevitable, you will never know how inevitable the in... TERRY EAGLETON HUMAN BEINGS MAKE LIFE SO INTERESTING. DO YOU KNOW, THAT IN A UNIVERSE SO FULL OF WONDERS, THEY HAVE... TERRY PRATCHETT There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach sma... TERRY PRATCHETT The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord." Vetinari looked at his secretary in surp... TERRY PRATCHETT [And there was the matter of Dick Turpin. It looked like the same car, except that forever afterward... TERRY PRATCHETT Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one. TERRY PRATCHETT Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still aliv... TERRY PRATCHETT You can't map a sense of humor. Anyway, what is a fantasy map but a space beyond which There Be Drag... TERRY PRATCHETT A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An American says: I can't understand... TERRY PRATCHETT Whatever happens, they say afterwards, it must have been fate. People are always a little confused a... TERRY PRATCHETT Witches are naturally nosy,” said Miss Tick, standing up. “Well, I must go. I hope we shall meet... TERRY PRATCHETT I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any th... TERRY PRATCHETT Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are mi... TERRY PRATCHETT It's still magic even if you know how it's done. TERRY PRATCHETT Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new ... TERRY PRATCHETT If you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know whe... TERRY PRATCHETT We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves ... TERRY HANDS I don't think we can ignore the Modern Movement. But I wouldn't have minded at all if it hadn't happ... QUINLAN TERRY The incredible thing about the human mind is that is didn't come with an instruction book. TERRY RILEY