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John Shimkus

"People understand we have a dependence upon foreign oil. What they do not understand and find incredibly ridiculous is that we import refined product just making us more dependent on the industry."

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"People understand we have a dependence upon foreign oil. What they do not understand and find incredibly ridiculous is that we import refined product just making us more dependent on the industry."

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Amber Hurdle

"People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown."

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"People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone."

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"People come and go in our life but memories stays for ever."

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"Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone."

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Amber Hurdle

"People who see beauty all around them live in a beautiful world. People who see danger all around them live in a dangerous world."

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"Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges."

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"People can put their best poems straight onto the web."

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Amber Hurdle

"Now I don't know half of the young people in the industry. It's too spread out, too diffuse."

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Amber Hurdle

"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."

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"A poem is a naked person... Some people say that I am a poet."

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"Illinois corn farmers are the Nation's number two exporter of feed grains."
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"Nitrogen fertilizer is used on all crops produced in this country, but it is a key plant nutrient to produce corn a critical crop to Illinois farmers."
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"As we all know, no crude oil refineries have been built in the United States since 1976. During that time, close to 100 ethanol refineries have been built."
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"The earth will end only when God declares it's time to be over. Man will not destroy this earth. This earth will not be destroyed by a flood."
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"U.S. corn exports to CAFTA countries will benefit from reduced tariffs and duty-free access for corn products."
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"Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history."
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"States are looking for low-cost solutions that will enable better communication, while avoiding the danger in which the chain of command breaks down in emergencies. We do not want everyone talking to everyone else all the time."
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"Various Turkish people invaded southwest Asia during the Middle Ages and carved an empire for themselves from lands occupied by the indigenous Semitic and Indo-European inhabitants."
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"I am proud that the Republican Party stands for strong support for the military, and I am sure we will consistently support our men and women serving in dangerous places around the world and their families."
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"Sometimes in this whole Medicare prescription drug debate, we focus on the prescription drug benefit, and I am glad we do because it is the first time we have ever offered real help to seniors, especially the poor, those in need."
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