#ff

I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a bridge for communicating with them. ↗

— Mark Shields

#advocate #any #bridge #build #committees

When the size of the group supporting your cause reaches a critical mass, any legislator or elected official has to pay attention. ↗

— Mark Shields

#attention #cause #critical #critical mass #elected

What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty. ↗

— Hu Shih

#another #beauty #become #cornerstone #cultural

Sometimes in this whole Medicare prescription drug debate, we focus on the prescription drug benefit, and I am glad we do because it is the first time we have ever offered real help to seniors, especially the poor, those in need. ↗

— John Shimkus

#because #benefit #debate #especially #ever

As a creative person you just get an idea in your head, and sometimes you just can't shake it off. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#creative person #get #head #idea #just

The thing is, there are so many different ways to make music these days with virtual instruments, software applications, physical instruments, and computer programs. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#computer #days #different #different ways #instruments

You definitely pick stuff up when you go back and listen to older material. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#definitely #go #listen #material #older

I love ballet. Ballet is its own being. It has its own vocabulary. I feel as if I am in a different world when I am in the ballet studio. ↗

— Kiernan Shipka

#ballet #being #different #different world #feel

Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#action #children #commitments #decisively #deferring

The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#achieve #action #continued #due #economic