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I've come to expect more out of myself - as a citizen, as a man, as an athlete - to reach a better place, a place I've never been.
In 1900, the average life expectancy of a US citizen was 48, so most menopausal women were dead, which is not a great place to be.
As a captain of industry, I would prefer more tax breaks to help people buy houses, but as a citizen, I realize someone has to pay.
I will become a clean president. I will become a president who can retire home as an ordinary citizen and is welcomed by neighbors.
I always preach that you have to be active as a citizen no matter what, and some people just voting as an excuse not to do anything.
I don't go online when I'm writing - that's the devil's workshop - but in general, I'm on there as much as any other global citizen.
I'm a dual citizen in a way. I live in the States and have a green card, so my connection to British politics is almost nonexistent.
I truly believe that firearms in the hands of law abiding citizen's makes our families and our communities more safe, not less safe.
I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend.
With technology and social media and citizen journalism, every rock that used to go unturned is now being flipped, lit and put on TV.
No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.
I'm always aware of various audiences, as a part of my training as a journalist and as part of my training as a citizen of Negroland.
An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.
Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.
The book, 'Citizen,' begins with daily encounters, little moments, places where language reveals how racism determines how we interact.
Why should the PM be placed on such a high pedestal? That an ordinary citizen should not even have the guts to write a letter to the PM?
I would rather be an aware citizen, and if an opportunity were to arise where I would have to make a statement, I would happily do that.
I love Britain. I'm an Irish citizen, but I was born in Canada, and I'm a British comedian, really. My entire career has been over here.
Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it's an assault on citizenship.
I might have lived in England for the last several years, but I'm still an American citizen and I have not given up my right to privacy.
There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either.
Before you're a writer, you're a citizen, a human being, and therefore the weapons of the citizen are at your disposal to use or not use.
We talk about politicians being in public life, but they seldom appear in the public space where everyone is free to appear as a citizen.
My folks came to U.S. as immigrants, aliens, and became citizens. I was born in Boston, a citizen, went to Hollywood and became an alien.
My real story is this: I am the citizen daughter of immigrant parents who were deported when I was 14. My older brother was also deported.
The old image of Tonto and the Lone Ranger was one that we, as Indian people, didn't care much for; it was kind of a second-class citizen.
But Akshay Kumar is not even an Indian citizen. He holds a Canadian passport and Wikipedia describes him as an Indian-born Canadian actor.
The Second Amendment was passed in an era when organized police forces were few and citizen militias were useful in maintaining the peace.
I don't profess to be an expert on anything, or have the memory for who ran in 1952. I am an informed American citizen, that's my position.
I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S.
A citizen is a political and moral agent who in fact has a shared sense of hope and responsibility to others and not just to him or herself.
For the sake of public discourse, for the demands of the free market, and for the value we place in citizen advocacy, Rush Limbaugh must go.
To my wife, I'm not Herbie Hancock the musician. I'm her husband. When I'm talking to a neighbor, I'm a neighbor. When I vote, I'm a citizen.
As long as my record stands in federal court, any American citizen can be held in prison or concentration camps without a trial or a hearing.
Every Indian wants a strong and independent judiciary. Obviously if the courts get weakened, it weakens the republic and harms every citizen.
I want to make one thing clear: I am proud to be a citizen of a country in which a prime minister can be investigated like any other citizen.
Terror will crash down on us if we fail to understand that a pluralistic society requires the personal and daily commitment of every citizen.
My life has been amazing. How many other ladies of 76 can say that the snapshot on their senior citizen's card was taken by Norman Parkinson?
Every honest citizen, man or woman, if they want to have a weapon in their homes - depending on certain criteria - should be able to have one.
I'm not an American citizen, but I live in this country and eventually want to become an American citizen because I love this country so much.
I don't consider myself a subject, I think I'm a citizen of this country and I think the vast majority of people consider themselves citizens.
You have to understand when you're organizing with women of color, you can't use words like 'marginalized' and 'second-class citizen' loosely.
I'm really glad to have become a Russian citizen. Russia's such a welcoming country, and many people in the world want to become her citizens.
I do believe that a law-abiding citizen that is armed, that's out in public, will keep himself, his staff, and, in some cases, the public safe.
I'm a dual citizen, as are my husband and children. We have got eight passports between us; we're weighed down by them whenever we go anywhere.
I find no contradiction between being a Highlander, a Scot, a citizen of the U.K. and a citizen of the European Union at one and the same time.
As long as you're a citizen of our country. As long as you're an American citizen, you're part of this populist, economic nationalist movement.
I've always felt like in a democracy - this is how I was raised - that as a citizen, it's your duty to work hard for the agenda of the country.
The simple act of saying 'thank you' is a demonstration of gratitude in response to an experience that was meaningful to a customer or citizen.
My parents always instilled in me to be a citizen of the world, so that's why I've taken to traveling and why it's such a huge part of my life.