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"Obviously we want to keep the jobs we've got."
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"If you are going to be progressive, then you have to make progress. And that sometimes depends on breaking a few legs."

"With Michigan's economic future on the line, we can't afford to have our 500 local school districts marching in different directions. Instead, we need a high standards, mandatory curriculum to get all our students on the road to higher education and a good paying job."

"I have not made any suggestions about climate change. This is more about blending or shifting the conversation about the environment versus the economy. It's just such an old, outdated conversation."

"We aren't leveraging this great economic engine, the strongest economy in the world. And yet we have this totally weak response. We import $500 billion a year more in products than we export."

"We've got this proposal which has been languishing in the legislature, the Water Legacy Act, which is derived from a Republican task force on protecting the Great Lakes. Yet nothing has been done on it."

"We are taking the steps necessary to be ready to send whatever assistance is requested of us, and we are preparing to receive citizens who seek refuge in our state."

"I've, we have in this state, like many other states, we're experiencing an enormous budget deficit that we're trying to grapple with. But we will have progress despite the deficits."

"There is no reason why, with the huge potential for market out there in the world for fuel-efficient vehicles, we can't be the cutting edge for change."

"With respect to the environment in our state and our state's future - in addition to water which is very important here - I think it is crucial for him to make a sincere commitment to energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, by helping us to produce those cars of the future."
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"Jobs should be offered on the basis of merit and not 'Seefarish'"

"Most employees are smarter than their employers. All employers are braver than their employees."

"I made the mistake of using my earned sick time at the W. M. Keck Observatory for essential surgery. When I returned to work the management team demanded my resignation numerous times, citing my essential surgery as a reason. The W. M. Keck Observatory taught me that using earned sick time in the USA may put your future employment at significant risk."

"To some people, employment is a distraction. To all entertainers, distraction is employment."

"Employment frees man from the nightmare of unemployment, while it chains him to his employer's dream."

"President Obama has created at least three jobs that I know of - Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie, and Scott Brown."

"The employed are punished by having to do what they do not love. The self-employed are punished by the opposite."

"I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac."

"Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth."
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