"The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and for our citizens, as we have seen so vividly in the last few weeks."

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"The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and for our citizens, as we have seen so vividly in the last few weeks."

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"Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

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"It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment."

Honore De Balzac, French Novelist

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"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night."

William Blake, English Poet

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"One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

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"Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

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"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?"

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

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"Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation."

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

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"It is irresponsible for this Congress to not investigate the President's lack of an exit strategy, and the fraud, waste, and abuse of U.S. tax dollars."

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"After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America."

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"From protecting our natural resources to providing maritime security and national defense, the Coast Guard's duties are broad in scope, and the performance of those duties has never been more important."

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"Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation."

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"The regional security in the Middle East cannot be further compromised by an Iranian loose cannon."

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"In 2003, this House voted to kill a Democratic amendment to add $250 million for port security grants; then again, in 2005, against a Democratic proposal calling for an additional $400 million in funding for port security."

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"The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and for our citizens, as we have seen so vividly in the last few weeks."

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"Americans are also feeling the effects of soaring energy prices at the gas pump. The double burden of these added expenses will be far too much for many families."

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"It is time this Congress listened to the American people and minimum-wage workers, and it is time that we act."

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"Five years of Republicans' failed energy policies have resulted in Americans paying twice as much at the pump as they did in 2001, while big oil companies make triple the profits."

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