#leagues

It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

#always #another #battle #because #believe

In the past, it was easier to believe in my own effectiveness. If I worked hard, with good colleagues and good ideas, we could make a difference. But now, I sincerely doubt that. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#colleagues #could #difference #doubt #easier

Let's cut to the chase, the sharia controversy. I don't think I, or my colleagues, predicted just how enormous the reaction would be. I failed to find the right words. I succeeded in confusing people. I've made mistakes - that's probably one of them. ↗

— Rowan Williams

#colleagues #confusing #controversy #cut #enormous

I still don't know how I got to the big leagues because I wasn't that good. ↗

— Johnny Oates

#big #big leagues #good #got #how

The Pledge of Allegiance is an important expression of our shared values, and it should be preserved in its current form. I fully support the Pledge of Allegiance and urge my colleagues to do the same. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#colleagues #current #current form #expression #form

If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister. That's what intimacy is, if you're with your soulmate. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#brother #brother and sister #colleagues #friends #go

It's up to the national associations and their leagues to limit the entry of foreign players. ↗

— Sepp Blatter

#entry #foreign #leagues #limit #national

Mr. Speaker, for the last 5 years I have been working with a bipartisan group of my colleagues to make it illegal to continue the barbaric practice of game bird and illegal dog fighting. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#been #bipartisan #bird #colleagues #continue

I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire. ↗

— Vince Cable

#active role #also #believe #believer #clearly

Amtrak is extremely important to the economy of Southern Illinois and I will continue to work with state and local leaders and my colleagues in Congress to secure the necessary funding to maintain full service. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#colleagues #congress #continue #economy #extremely