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Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances. GRACIE ALLEN It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON CHUCK SCHUMER MICHAEL SHERMER It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON JON STEWART There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward au... JONATHAN SHAPIRO DEAN ORNISH My point is cutting spending shouldn't be reliant on the debt limit though. It's something w... DAVID PLOUFFE the series of checks and balances that exemplify the genius of our founding fathers. HENRY HYDE Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH We are quite confident the system has sufficient checks and balances. LLOYD AXWORTHY DAVID IGNATIUS In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which t... ROBERT W. WELCH, JR. This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances. GRACIE ALLEN This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances. GRACIE ALLEN TOMMY CHONG I'm very happy to have him here. There are checks and balances in place, BRUCE MURRAY In the name of national security, the Bush administration has eroded the rule of law and the system ... ANN BEESON Processes break in two ways. They break because they don't have the right checks and balances an... MARK V. HURD We've got a tough schedule from now on. We have to keep focused and working hard for our ultimate pr... JUDD ANDERSON ANN RICHARDS ALEXANDER HAMILTON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We are trying to put checks and balances in the process but at the end of the day the coach will hav... FRANCIS BARON The bill doesn't make provision for checks and balances of the council. RAINER RITTER CINDY SHEEHAN DONNA BRAZILE Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy... CHARLIE DENT Many observers are wondering whether developers may have exchanged their former restraint for unbrid... LEONARD SAHLING Everyone else in the 'iCarly' cast can operate on 5 hours of sleep, but not so for 'Old ... NATHAN KRESS CHELLIE PINGREE STEVE ALLEN Don and I are infamous for our split, but we're closer than most brothers. Harmony singing requi... PHIL EVERLY EZEKIEL EMANUEL EZRA TAFT BENSON If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... DANICA PATRICK There are checks and balances and broad separation of powers under the Constitution. Each organ of t... P. SATHASIVAM Movies such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' in 1939 to 'Dave' in 1993 portray Wash... RON FOURNIER WENDY KOPP DENNIS CARDOZA MARCO RUBIO I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX SAM BROWNBACK RYAN ZINKE JAMES MADISON RICHARD DAWKINS Tea Party attendees and health care town-hall protesters share the common belief that the extravagan... ANDREW BREITBART GILBERT ADAIR I would love do a guest spot on 'Castle' because Nathan Fillion is so dreamy, and he and I a... CALLIE THORNE I have to believe I am probably the most prominent, most thoroughly analyzed heart patient in Americ... DICK CHENEY Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitt... JONAH GOLDBERG What we have here is a checks-and-balances system. Ozzie says whatever he wants. And Kenny is the vo... CHRIS WIDGER 'The Voice' is built on positivity. Once we started filming, I knew that America was really ... ADAM LEVINE TODD TIAHRT MARCEL DUCHAMP DAN STEVENS MOBY The fact is, there are not the checks and balances to make sure the money is spent well. KEITH ASHDOWN NICK HANAUER I've learned that most of gay America is coupled up, or looking to be. No wonder gay marriage ha... BRUCE VILANCH The fundamentals are the U.S. is going to end up being a net exporter of natural gas. That's goi... WILBUR ROSS We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet. In my view we have nothing to ... MICHAEL BENNETT PINK DEYTH BANGER ADAM MCKAY SEBASTIAN THRUN HILLARY CLINTON I think the Republicans are subverted by the fact that so many of their leaders send their kids to p... PETER BRIMELOW BEN CARSON ALLEN BOYD RALPH NADER Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This expl... SLOAN WILSON Over the past years, I have lectured many times on the Cuban missile crisis, most provocatively to 2... ALISTAIR HORNE Absent such a compelling justification, [Tuesday]'s order is deeply disturbing and further evidence ... LAURA MURPHY Mayors are leaders, doers. We get things done, and we are moving America's cities forward. MICHAEL NUTTER We're the only species who follow unstable leaders. This is true - it has little to do with Amer... CESAR MILLAN REZA ASLAN JIM WALLIS DOUGLAS CONANT A helmet is the most important part of any jockey's kit because of the number of falls you take,... TONY MCCOY ROBIN S. SHARMA In America, burial means an embalmed body in a heavy-duty casket with a vault built over it, so that... CAITLIN DOUGHTY Most of our cities built since the war are bland. They're modernist, they're cold, and now a... FRANK GEHRY There are so many players on our team who are great leaders and would have been excellent choices. S... ALEXEI YASHIN It is important we have a checks and balances system. A bicameral legislature provides a diversity o... ARI ADLER STEPHEN CHBOSKY With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America int... ERIC SEVAREID There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about the paratroopers I served with who m... CHRIS GIBSON BOB BARR We accept so many things that come through the media; we get used to them, however vigilant we are. ... KEITH JARRETT Certain black leaders would believe that you have to go through their prism: 'If I lay my hand o... DOUGLAS WILDER For many people, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We are grateful to have so many business ... BILL MILLIKEN CHRIS EVANS People who pretend to be your friend lead you up a garden path by saying everything that you want to... GARY F EVANS... The fundamental idea is that through the separation of powers and checks and balances, different voi... THOMAS O. SARGENTICH What I worry about the most is the competition for young eyeballs. We have so many other competing f... CHRIS MELEDANDRI
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NATHAN WOLFE The features of globalization have huge consequences on pandemics. It just connects us so much more ... NATHAN WOLFE If you find diseases before they've really emerged, you can control them early on, before you ge... NATHAN WOLFE Many people on our planet right now despair; they think we've reached a point where we've di... NATHAN WOLFE Don't assume that what we currently think is out there is the full story. Go after the dark matt... NATHAN WOLFE About 20 percent of the genetic information in your nose doesn't match anything that we've e... NATHAN WOLFE We know there are certain types of viruses that are nasty - influenza, for instance, is an area that... NATHAN WOLFE We've put huge resources into predicting tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes. HIV/AIDS is like... NATHAN WOLFE The world can now maintain an acute infection in a way that is unprecedented in the history of life ... NATHAN WOLFE Pandemics do not occur randomly. From malaria and influenza to AIDS and SARS, the lethal microbes ha... NATHAN WOLFE There are commonalities among all the pandemics that occur, and we can learn from them. One commonal... NATHAN WOLFE The reality is: By the time swine flu got on the radar screen of global public health, it had alread... NATHAN WOLFE I work to create systems that can accurately detect pandemics early, determine their likely importan... NATHAN WOLFE With epidemics, people have been standing on the shore, waiting for the gusher to hit the ocean. But... NATHAN WOLFE We live in a world fraught with risk from new pandemics. Fortunately, we also now live in an era wit... NATHAN WOLFE Because pandemics almost always begin with the transmission of an animal microbe to a human, it'... NATHAN WOLFE We may have charted all the continents on the planet, and we may have discovered all the mammals, bu... NATHAN WOLFE As a species, I think we have no choice but to try and forecast pandemics. NATHAN WOLFE Seasonal flu is now a pandemic that lasts for years and years because you've got so many people ... NATHAN WOLFE We see new things all the time. We see new retroviruses out there - which is the category that HIV f... NATHAN WOLFE If we can provide even a few months of early warning for just one pandemic, the benefits will outwei... NATHAN WOLFE If an alien visited Earth, they would take some note of humans, but probably spend most of their tim... NATHAN WOLFE When there is an influenza threat, drop everything and focus on risks from influenza pandemics. When... NATHAN WOLFE So many people have asked me about getting their own LEGO Oscar that I submitted it to LEGO Ideas so... NATHAN SAWAYA I do hear from people at my exhibition about seeing these things made from this toy from their child... NATHAN SAWAYA I split my commission and personal work about 50 per cent each. It is important to get that balance ... NATHAN SAWAYA I think watching Channing Tatum caress his Lego Oscar statue will be something I won't forget. E... NATHAN SAWAYA I am an artist who works with Lego. NATHAN SAWAYA What do young, budding artists do, but go to law school? I had creative periods now and again, but i... NATHAN SAWAYA I've made a bit of a career taking daunting projects out of Lego. I've done things like a di... NATHAN SAWAYA I'm an independent artist, but I do have a good business relationship with Lego, since I'm a... NATHAN SAWAYA My work sells for £10,000-plus, but my most lucrative piece was a private project that was sol... NATHAN SAWAYA I am confined to the Lego palate. I don't paint the bricks. I stick with what Lego has made. And... NATHAN SAWAYA When I was in South Africa, I was meeting with people who never heard of Lego bricks. And yet, when ... NATHAN SAWAYA If I'm creating a free-form piece of art, I can make it look like anything I want, and nobody wi... 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NATHAN LANE I didn't know Charlie before doing the movie, but I was a huge fan of the British Queer as Folk. NATHAN LANE He's so interesting because you think you know Dennis Hopper, but you don't really know Denn... NATHAN LANE As a kid, I loved 'Godot' because of the poetry and the humor and the strangeness, but then ... NATHAN LANE 'The Producers' is a sort of a once in a lifetime kind of phenomenon, and I was grateful to ... NATHAN LANE The reason I was in most of the movies I've done is that they paid for me to be in the theater. NATHAN LANE Not to sound too pessimistic, but I just don't see me having the film career that I maybe hoped ... NATHAN LANE There doesn't seem to be a lot of middle ground with me. NATHAN LANE There are some people that the press like to pick on and not just the gay press, but the press in ge... NATHAN LANE I'm still the fat kid from high school who never had a date. NATHAN LANE People always think I'm Jewish and changed my last name from Rabinowitz. 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NATHAN FILLION I love 'Strange Brew'. I quote that movie all the time, and no one knows what I'm talkin... NATHAN FILLION My guiltiest pleasure? 'Untamed & Uncut'. Videos of people being attacked by animals. Ye... NATHAN FILLION I'm comfortable only when there's a mutual attraction. That's what anyone wants. If I fi... NATHAN FILLION I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I ... NATHAN FILLION No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thi... NATHAN FILLION I don't expect anybody to know who I am. NATHAN FILLION I'm the biggest geek of all. Adventure, fantasy, comic books - I can't get enough. NATHAN FILLION Oh, boy. I'm still in touch with about 90 percent of my exes. They would describe me as being un... NATHAN FILLION I told myself a while back, 'Love what you do, but don't fall in love with what you do.'... NATHAN FILLION You want to put out a TV show? 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