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  • It's very encouraging to see the structural changes that the RNC has made this past year in engaging communities on the ground. Recognizing that the way to reach voters is to go into their communities instead of reaching out from an office in Washington DC is essential for victory in elections today.

  • I have a lot of friends who come from alcoholic families, and they aren't alcoholics, because someone explained it to them. When I was in Washington DC, they really talked about the difference statistically between families that talk about drug addiction and ones that don't. The kids that can say "I see where this is going" have a much better chance of not becoming addicts, because they have been educated.

    Interview with Kyle Ryan, music.avclub.com. November 8, 2007.
  • Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.

    "America's Cheesiest Ex-Cop". Interview with Elena Ferretti, www.foxnews.com. July 26, 2010.
  • So when Putin goes out to buy a Coke, thirty seconds later it is known in Washington DC.

  • In some cities such as Washington, DC, that 75 percent of young black men can expect to serve time in prison.

    Men   Cities   Black  
    Source: www.truth-out.org
  • We need one strong hombre or hombre-ette, and I'm the hombre-ette to go and stand for you in Washington DC.

    "Michele Bachmann: I'm the "hombre-ette" to stand for you". www.cbsnews.com. August 18, 2011.
  • The American dream is under attack because our government has been hijacked by the Liberals in Washington DC.

    "Tea Party Speaker: 'Stupid People' Running Country". Dayton Daily News, October 15, 2010.
  • Make sure of two things. Be careful - microphones are always hot, and understand that in Washington, D.C., a gaffe is when you tell the truth. So, be careful.

    Two   Hot   Washington Dc  
    "Biden: 'A gaffe is when you tell the truth'" by Talia Buford, www.politico.com. June 20, 2012.
  • I'm not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate. Given the choice between being reviled in Washington, DC, and appreciated in Texas, or reviled in Texas and appreciated in Washington, I would take the former 100 out of 100 times.

    "Cruz slams fellow GOP senators" by Kevin Robillard, www.politico.com. October 20, 2013.
  • Washington DC is corporate-occupied territory.

    "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. February 24, 2008.
  • [Washington, DC] feels like you're watching performance art. A lot of the time. I don't believe them, I don't believe what they say, I don't think they're being absolutely sincere. I think it's performance art. And most of them are bad actors.

    Art   Believe   Reality  
  • Civil disobedience can help to focus attention on a particular injustice. It was used historically to highlight wrongs in society - turning ancient redwood forests into paper towels or preventing people from sitting down at lunch counters because of the color of their skin. On climate change, we have not seen strong leadership coming from Washington, DC.In particular the president has an enormous opportunity to follow up on his inaugural speech with a concerted course of action to aggressively take on a clean energy transition.

    "Sierra Club Turns to Civil Disobedience to Stop Keystone Pipeline". Interview with Kate Sheppard, www.motherjones.com. January 25, 2013.
  • In Washington, DC, politics dominate even the most casual conversations.

  • California, like anywhere else on Earth, should have the right to secede whether the United States likes it or not. The preferences of the other 49 states and Washington DC is not relevant. That was the position of the United States government on Yugoslavia and other places around the world but not on Ukraine. However, morality and the law as I understand it are that any people should have the right to leave, just as explained in the initial words of the US Declaration of Independence.

    Source: www.counterpunch.org
  • Gardening has increased, community gardens have increased significantly. There are 50 percent more community gardens right here in Washington DC.

    Source: www.popsugar.com
  • Well Washington DC what are you going to do. They think the capitol steps are the state of the art in comedy. You try to drag them into the 20th century let alone the 21st and they refuse to come with you.

    Art   Thinking   Trying  
  • Washington, DC is 12 square miles bordered by reality.

  • Never mind that the new Visitors Center in Washington DC cost the taxpayers $621 million. Oh and that was ONLY $550 million more than the project was originally supposed to cost. Not to mention the fact that it was supposed to open three years ago .. but it was a government operation. What do you expect? I definitely want to put these people in charge of my healthcare and my retirement plan.

  • When somebody comes along and says, "I think Washington, DC, sucks," that's not wrong.

    Source: www.motherjones.com
  • Killing Lincoln is a must-read historical thriller. Bill O'Reilly recounts the dramatic events of the spring of 1865 with such exhilarating immediacy that you will feel like you are walking the streets of Washington DC on the night that John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln. This is a hugely entertaining, heart-stopping read.

    Spring   Heart   Night  
  • Fifteen years ago, God unequivocally and undeniably gave me Isaiah 22:22 as a life-verse. "Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder, when he opens no one will shut, when he shuts no one will open." After 40 plus confirmations over a two-week period - yes, more than 40 - I became thoroughly convinced this verse was both a promise and a weapon for me. I have since used the verse hundreds of times throughout America - in all 50 states and in Washington DC - to open and close spiritual doors for the Lord.

    Spiritual   Keys   Doors  
  • I was raised in Washington, DC in a household where one parent was a Republican and the other was a Democrat, so I got both sides.

    Interview with Cindy Pearlman, acttwomagazine.com.
  • As you probably know, some American politicians and American journalists refer to Washington, DC as the "capital of the free world." But it seems to me that Brussels, which boasts 1,000 years of history and which serves as the capital of Belgium, the home of the European Union, and the headquarters for NATO, this city has its own legitimate claim to that title.

    Home   Years   Cities  
    "Biden Says Brussels Could Be 'Capital of the Free World'", www.foxnews.com. May 25, 2010.
  • Development does not take place in Washington, DC. Development takes place in the rest of the world.

  • I was raised in Washington, DC, very violent place. I grew up with violence. My introduction to music was violent. The years I've spent on tours, some of that was extremely violent.

    Source: oustedproductions.net
  • I served in Washington, DC for twelve years in the Congress of the United States, and I served with many Republicans and Democrats, men and women of goodwill. The potential is there to really change the direction of this country, but it's going to take leadership do it.

    Country   Men   Years  
    Source: www.politico.com
  • ...The ACS raised over $180 million last year through its network of 58 Divisions and 3,000 local Chapters. The Society's major public campaign is aimed at reducing smoking and cancers related to it. Yet...the ACS has but a single (lobbyist) in Washington DC. The industry-supported Tobacco Institute, on the other hand, has a ten million dollar budget which supports dozens of Washington staff.

    Cancer   Dark   Hands  
  • If gun control bore any relation to homicide rates, Washington, DC would be the safest place in the country.

    Country   Gun   Safety  
  • Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

    Funny   Country   Crazy  
    Quoted in Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 1989
  • In New York, people are unhappy on purpose, because unhappiness makes them seem more complex; in Washington DC it just sort of works out that way.

    Chuck Klosterman (2013). “Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story”, p.44, Faber & Faber
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