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You can dehumanize people when they are just abstract concepts to you, affirmative action, voting rights — these are issues that you can depersonalize. But you can't depersonalize your cousin's husband at the barbecue who asks you to pass the ketchup. It's hard to dismiss or take a stance against love when it's in your face. – Marjorie Funderburg	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Affirmative action is a more demanding ask of a white majority than something like interracial marriage because there's no sense of, if these people get married, I'm denying an opportunity to Omar Wasow, granting people the legal right to marry has no material cost to people who had that right but were denying it to others. – Omar Wasow	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think everyone is disappointed to see that Alaska was included at all in the options, however it is incredibly heartening that there is no preferred alternative here, and the no drilling option for the first time we can see is on par with the other options, usually the no action alternative is done pro forma, but here they give it consideration. – Christy Goldfuss	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This was a thought-out, planned course of action, ignorance is not a defense in this case. – Francine Donnorummo	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I don't think there's anybody up here that will tell you that The Uvalde parents won't take the action that The Uvalde parents need to take. – Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In this film, Buzz is the action hero. He's serious and ambitious and funny, but not in a goofy way that would undercut the drama. – Angus MacLane	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The safety of our residents and businesses has always been a top priority for my colleagues and I, monday night, we took action to redistribute our public safety funds in a way that makes sense for our community's needs and in fact adds over 26 new positions to our re-imagined public safety team plus full supplemental reserve funding for LASD. – Sepi Shyne	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
This action involves breaches of trust by gatekeepers within the gatekeeper entrusted to audit many of our nation's public companies, it's simply outrageous that the very professionals responsible for catching cheating by clients cheated on ethics exams, of all things. – Gurbir Grewal	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This action should serve as a clear message that the SEC will not tolerate integrity failures by independent auditors who choose the easier wrong over the harder right. – Gurbir Grewal	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This action involves breaches of trust by gatekeepers within the gatekeeper entrusted to audit many of our nation's public companies, it's simply outrageous that the very professionals responsible for catching cheating by clients cheated on ethics exams of all things. – Gurbir Grewal	Found on CNN 1 year ago
People want to see action, I don't think that's anything unique, i'm literally stating the obvious, but I do think at times the White House and members of Congress want to spend time trying to explain all the problems. – Abigail Spanberger	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Today’s decision dramatically escalates the stakes of the 2022 elections, and we’re making sure Americans have the tools they need to channel their anger into action, this on-the-ground organizing work will help elect Democrats who will fight to protect women’s right to make their own health care decisions and ensure the GOP’s cruel agenda to making abortion illegal and punish women is front and center for voters across the Senate battlegrounds. – Christie Roberts	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Let me be very clear and unambiguous : the only way we can secure a woman’s right to choose — the balance that existed — is for Congress to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade as federal law, no executive action from the president can do that. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
What was said was not the position of the party. The party made it very clear and took action, some countries had concerns on it. They deal with us, we are their image of India. Countries who had concerns do appreciate that this was not the government's position. – S. Jaishankar	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We have seen how slow things move in many areas with tobacco and many impediments to action can arise, we just have to make a commitment to make sure The FDA gets done. – Matthew Myers	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If #BrittneyGriner is a priority, @POTUS will meet with Brittney's family and this Administration will do what is necessary to get her home swiftly and safely, each day is precious and not another should go by without the action required to bring BG home. – Kagawa Colas	Found on CNN 1 year ago
As Attorney General, Eric Schmitt has been a relentless fighter who has taken action at every turn to stop the Biden administration's radical agenda, eric Schmitt is the only candidate in Missouri’s U.S. Senate primary that has the Conservative credentials needed to deliver Republican victories for our nation. He has my strongest endorsement. – Mike Lee	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
A strike is very unlikely. A lockout is very unlikely, but there's a definite possibility of an industrial action that disrupts the flow of cargo. That's what happened for six months in 2014 and 2015. – Peter Tirschwell	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The recently announced accord between Israel and Egypt to team together to provide natural gas to the European Union is an example of what may be accomplished through prompt action. – Michael Pompeo	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It starts with that kind of inner work, inward work. And I would say it really goes in three stages, there's analysis, awareness and action. That analysis is really analyzing your place or privilege -- really just trying to analyze your relationship to the harm being done. I think from there, it's about trying to get better educated ; knowing the do's and the do n'ts and what would be helpful to be the best ally possible is critical. – Hudson Taylor	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We believe the best course of action is to close our summer school sites and all school programming until further notice. – The FBI	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Members who violate the tournament regulations are subject to disciplinary action, as communicated to our entire membership on 10 May, PGA Tour members have not been authorized to participate in the Saudi Golf League's London event, under PGA Tour tournament regulations. – PGA Tour	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
China and Cambodia have become ironclad brothers, economical with words but generous in action, treating each other with all sincerity and standing side by side at challenging times. – Chinese Ambassador Wang	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The last message that I want to convey is that if you take action to compromise our system of elections, there will be no accountability, because that will inspire more people to engage in illegal conduct. – Dana Nessel	Found on CNN 1 year ago

You can dehumanize people when they are just abstract concepts to you, affirmative action, voting rights — these are issues that you can depersonalize. But you can't depersonalize your cousin's husband at the barbecue who asks you to pass the ketchup. It's hard to dismiss or take a stance against love when it's in your face.

– Marjorie Funderburg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Affirmative action is a more demanding ask of a white majority than something like interracial marriage because there's no sense of, if these people get married, I'm denying an opportunity to Omar Wasow, granting people the legal right to marry has no material cost to people who had that right but were denying it to others.

– Omar Wasow

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think everyone is disappointed to see that Alaska was included at all in the options, however it is incredibly heartening that there is no preferred alternative here, and the no drilling option for the first time we can see is on par with the other options, usually the no action alternative is done pro forma, but here they give it consideration.

– Christy Goldfuss

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This was a thought-out, planned course of action, ignorance is not a defense in this case.

– Francine Donnorummo

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I don't think there's anybody up here that will tell you that The Uvalde parents won't take the action that The Uvalde parents need to take.

– Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In this film, Buzz is the action hero. He's serious and ambitious and funny, but not in a goofy way that would undercut the drama.

– Angus MacLane

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The safety of our residents and businesses has always been a top priority for my colleagues and I, monday night, we took action to redistribute our public safety funds in a way that makes sense for our community's needs and in fact adds over 26 new positions to our re-imagined public safety team plus full supplemental reserve funding for LASD.

– Sepi Shyne

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

This action involves breaches of trust by gatekeepers within the gatekeeper entrusted to audit many of our nation's public companies, it's simply outrageous that the very professionals responsible for catching cheating by clients cheated on ethics exams, of all things.

– Gurbir Grewal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This action should serve as a clear message that the SEC will not tolerate integrity failures by independent auditors who choose the easier wrong over the harder right.

– Gurbir Grewal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

– Gurbir Grewal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

People want to see action, I don't think that's anything unique, i'm literally stating the obvious, but I do think at times the White House and members of Congress want to spend time trying to explain all the problems.

– Abigail Spanberger

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Today’s decision dramatically escalates the stakes of the 2022 elections, and we’re making sure Americans have the tools they need to channel their anger into action, this on-the-ground organizing work will help elect Democrats who will fight to protect women’s right to make their own health care decisions and ensure the GOP’s cruel agenda to making abortion illegal and punish women is front and center for voters across the Senate battlegrounds.

– Christie Roberts

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Let me be very clear and unambiguous : the only way we can secure a woman’s right to choose — the balance that existed — is for Congress to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade as federal law, no executive action from the president can do that.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

What was said was not the position of the party. The party made it very clear and took action, some countries had concerns on it. They deal with us, we are their image of India. Countries who had concerns do appreciate that this was not the government's position.

– S. Jaishankar

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have seen how slow things move in many areas with tobacco and many impediments to action can arise, we just have to make a commitment to make sure The FDA gets done.

– Matthew Myers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If #BrittneyGriner is a priority, @POTUS will meet with Brittney's family and this Administration will do what is necessary to get her home swiftly and safely, each day is precious and not another should go by without the action required to bring BG home.

– Kagawa Colas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As Attorney General, Eric Schmitt has been a relentless fighter who has taken action at every turn to stop the Biden administration's radical agenda, eric Schmitt is the only candidate in Missouri’s U.S. Senate primary that has the Conservative credentials needed to deliver Republican victories for our nation. He has my strongest endorsement.

– Mike Lee

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

A strike is very unlikely. A lockout is very unlikely, but there's a definite possibility of an industrial action that disrupts the flow of cargo. That's what happened for six months in 2014 and 2015.

– Peter Tirschwell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The recently announced accord between Israel and Egypt to team together to provide natural gas to the European Union is an example of what may be accomplished through prompt action.

– Michael Pompeo

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It starts with that kind of inner work, inward work. And I would say it really goes in three stages, there's analysis, awareness and action. That analysis is really analyzing your place or privilege -- really just trying to analyze your relationship to the harm being done. I think from there, it's about trying to get better educated ; knowing the do's and the do n'ts and what would be helpful to be the best ally possible is critical.

– Hudson Taylor

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We believe the best course of action is to close our summer school sites and all school programming until further notice.

– The FBI

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Members who violate the tournament regulations are subject to disciplinary action, as communicated to our entire membership on 10 May, PGA Tour members have not been authorized to participate in the Saudi Golf League's London event, under PGA Tour tournament regulations.

– PGA Tour

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

China and Cambodia have become ironclad brothers, economical with words but generous in action, treating each other with all sincerity and standing side by side at challenging times.

– Chinese Ambassador Wang

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The last message that I want to convey is that if you take action to compromise our system of elections, there will be no accountability, because that will inspire more people to engage in illegal conduct.

– Dana Nessel

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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