Quotes having the keyword Status
Apparently tired of waiting for clear direction from Congress, the people of Puerto Rico have used the tools provided by their own local constitution to schedule a vote for Dec. 13 on the status of the island.
by Dick Thornburgh (Politician, American , born in 1932) keywords: apparently, clear, congress, constitution, dec, direction, island, local, own, provided, puerto, rico, schedule, status, their, tired, tools, used, vote , waiting As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand thoroughly that the national constitutional processes of the member states define the status of territories under their sovereignty.
by Dick Thornburgh (Politician, American , born in 1932) keywords: american, came, constitutional, define, highest, member, national, nations, official, organization, processes, ranking, sovereignty, states, status, territories, their, thoroughly, under, understand , united If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest and express their future political status aspirations accordingly.
by Dick Thornburgh (Politician, American , born in 1932) keywords: accordingly, act, aspirations, congress, does, empowered, express, future, job, own, political, puerto, regard, residents, rico, self-interest, status, their , will In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on the road of self-determination leading to full self-government.
by Dick Thornburgh (Politician, American , born in 1932) keywords: constitutional, decisive, full, historical, leading, necessary, obviously, political, puerto, recent, rico, road, self-determination, self-government, status, step, terms , vote Now that the there is a path for the people of Puerto Rico to express their self-determination on Puerto Rico's political status, there are some who seek to block that path.
by Dick Thornburgh (Politician, American , born in 1932) keywords: block, express, now, path, political, puerto, rico, seek, self-determination, some, status , their That is why, with optimism instead of fear, all those who want to see Puerto Rico's status resolved should seek the truth about each option, including the upside and the downside of each.
by Dick Thornburgh (Politician, American , born in 1932) keywords: downside, each, fear, including, instead, optimism, option, puerto, resolved, rico, see, seek, should, status, those, truth, upside, want , why The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as a former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
by Dick Thornburgh (Politician, American , born in 1932) keywords: approved, because, clear, congress, even, experience, former, made, more, nations, need, permanent, resolution, status , united The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my tenure as Attorney General.
by Dick Thornburgh (Politician, American , born in 1932) keywords: attorney, congress, did, during, emerged, enactment, general, into, law, legislation, needed, political, receive, status, support, tenure , which One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.
by Morihei Ueshiba (Athlete, Japanese , born in 1883) keywords: art, buildings, does, heaven, money, need, peace, place, power, practice, right, standing, status, train , where The show I did in England catered to a broad range of people. I like that. I don't want nouveau cult status, though I know we've got that sort of audience in the states.
by Tracey Ullman (Comedian, British , born in 1959) keywords: audience, broad, cult, did, england, got, know, nouveau, range, show, sort, states, status, though , want To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.
by Earl Warren (Judge, American , born in 1891) keywords: affect, age, because, children, community, ever, feeling, generates, hearts, inferiority, may, minds, others, qualifications, race, separate, similar, solely, status, their, undone, unlikely , way So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status; it longs to create a world of beauty to triumph over chaos and convert it to order.
by Rowan D. Williamskeywords: absolute, act, attain, beauty, chaos, convert, create, creative, every, longs, order, over, status, strives, triumph , world Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest.
by Ted Williams (Athlete, American , born in 1918) keywords: big, fan, game, hitting, important, interest, money, most, much, part, status , where Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
by William Griffith Wilson (Celebrity, American , born in 1895) keywords: alcoholic, basis, believing, beyond, convinced, doubt, drinker, families, family, goes, his, lived, member, most, must, new, others, recover, seeing, shadow, spiritual, status, whether , would In an online community, there's this kind of social economy between the community members. Some people have status because they make cool skins or that's a good website that's visited a lot, but there's no real gameplay there.
by Will Wright (Scientist, American , born in 1960) keywords: because, between, community, cool, economy, good, kind, lot, make, members, online, real, skins, social, some, status, visited , website The bicycle is a former child's toy that has now been elevated to icon status because, presumably, it can move the human form from pillar to post without damage to the environment.
by Brock Yates (Editor, American , born in 1933) keywords: because, been, bicycle, child, damage, elevated, environment, form, former, human, icon, move, now, pillar, post, presumably, status, toy , without Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions.
by John Yoo (Educator, American , born in 1967) keywords: advocates, al, bush, claim, conventions, decision, deny, example, fighters, geneva, human-rights, iraqi, legal, piece, president, prisoners, qaeda, status, taliban, under , war While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war.
by John Yoo (Educator, American , born in 1967) keywords: claim, combatants, command, conduct, conventions, failing, fighters, had, initial, laws, legal, lost, obey, obeying, pow, protection, responsible, standards, status, structure, taliban, under, uniforms, war, wearing , while The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.
by Zhang Ziyi (Actor, Chinese , born in 1979) keywords: affection, atmosphere, competing, competitive, day, each, every, girls, hated, leadership, other, school, status, teachers, very, were , young
