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Frankly, I'm suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated issue.

Scott Adams

Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.

Thucydides

For us it is a settled issue. We hope it's a settled issue for everybody.

Alexander Farrell

This is about Dennis Tito, not the greater issue of space tourism. We are not going to let him be the wedge to drive us apart.

Bill Readdy

(The council had) every right to raise the issue.

Alderman Scott Galvin

The issue was, was he going to be decisive? What was he going to do?

Joseph Califano

She decided to issue a formal denial through a public notary in the city, but by then it was too late. Nobody believed her.

Mario Gonzalez

It's pretty much an equity issue.

John Proctor

This is a month that has a spiritual feel to it, which condones the issue of jihad [holy war].

Diaa Rashwan

It depends on the person. I'm open to meeting new people, so it is not an issue.

Sagarika Wijeratne

It is an issue of attitude change. You cannot preserve cattle and let your children die.

Angelique Kidjo

The bottom issue is how does the environment feel here?

William Turner

Based on first-cut guidance from folks in Washington, we don't see it as an issue, ... There are a lot of other competitors out there... there are a lot of folks out there servicing the great American consumer. I don't anticipate any challenge, but that's to be seen.

John Tyson

We know it's an important issue.

Tim Baldermann

If we make sure there is no risk of exposure, that's the main issue we have to deal with.

Brett Carney

It's the first year I've had a grade issue, period. We started with eight in trouble.

Donna Harper

There was no religious component to the violence. All the violence was influenced by small groups of boys who were not moved by the blasphemy issue.

Kamila Hyat

We're going to be very deliberate about this. We're not in the game of running a smear campaign against individuals, but we do believe accountability is a central issue.

Jason Kenney

I have no issue with someone that wants to do something on the side.

Patricia Joyce

With all of the growth the Savannah area is expecting, Georgia is under a lot of pressure to get this issue resolved.

Dean Moss

There is fear at Sun that this will expose too much to Microsoft . It is an appearance issue.

Jeffrey Kingston

My greatest concern is that the death penalty is even an issue in this case. Our entire family believes Andrea should be hospitalized and should not even have been brought up on these charges.

Fairy Caroland

Chief, your guys are great, but they all have white skins. That's part of the issue here.

Barbara Blanchard

This isn't a mandate but her suggestion the communities address this issue at a local level.

Joe Donovan

There's a misconception about which foods are bad for you, but really it depends on what your objective is. I avoided nuts because they're high in fat, but that's not an issue for me. So now I have permission to eat them.

Adam Goodman

Feingold represents the largest share of the Democratic base and how they feel about this issue.

Matthew Dowd

I think security would probably be an issue. It probably isn't, but it feels like it would be.

Jake Chanin

We still have this larger issue of the funding dilemma.

Linda Dougherty

The availability of durable medical equipment was a major issue.

Daniel Sutherland

Mileage is becoming a major issue.

Andrew Hamilton

Despite the fact that we are dealing with an issue that is top on the minds of Kenyans, we have done our best to abide by the rules especially on content.

Uhuru Kenyatta

The elephant in the room is the issue of transparency.

Michael Froomkin

Never before has there been such a flurry of legislative activity on the issue.

Adam Sharp

The bottom line, especially for my character, is the issue of unconditional love.

Matthew Weeden

Guilt and innocence were not really at issue here. It's clear that he violated the statute.

Jon Bruning

We will discuss this issue with the state and if we agree to go ahead we will do it, but this time on our own.

Vassilis Gagatsis

It would have to be a bond issue and that is not in the foreseeable future. For now, it remains a hit or miss approach as to (maintenance) projects.

Gary Hutchison

They make it harder to issue.

Pao Xiong

Depth is kind of an issue. I just hope we have no more injuries.

Josh Sibley

This issue is not about an individual. This is about the law. Is this person in a class of people that the law prohibits from serving on the airport board?

Deb Kottel

Avian flu should not be considered a human health issue, but a human- and animal-health issue.

David Harcharik

(Baldwin) has a right to parent his daughter. When he comes to court, it's because he feels it's an important issue that needs attention.

Vicki Greene

We can make progress on the territorial issue, on the borders and settlement and territory in general.

Nabil Sha'ath

The issue is not going to die. We will make this a major issue as we go into the 2007 legislative session.

Rick Bender

Where would everybody have gone? It was a regional issue. They couldn't have gone anywhere because nothing was open.

Ramesh Mehta

The issue of competitive balance is of course important in any sport and it is an issue for concern.

William Gaillard

We immediately checked that out and did find a gun in the car, called the Sheriff's department and alerted them to the issue.

Lisa Hendrickson

It's a personnel issue, and I can't comment on it.

Chuck Cannon

It can be a touchy issue for some people.

David Gray

There's now positive proof of climate change. We all need to act now, as this issue has become critical.

Philip Clough

Everyone is facing the same issue. Those prices are just going through the roof.

Roman Czuchta

His plate is full and then some. He's not adverse to getting involved in any issue, but he sometimes spreads himself too thin.

Graham Taylor

The issue here is not something that should cause anyone alarm or terrific concern.

George Pauli

Father's hot-button issue is donor intent. Foundations are too often taken in a radical direction.

Jack Templeton

Our concern with this is it's really an issue of fairness and equity.

Nancy Mcdonough

It answers the call from the public to address this issue. It gives law enforcement and prosecutors the tools to address these issues.

Rep. David Litvack

Money is the biggest issue on The Knot. With the average wedding costing $19,000, people are asking how they can do it for $3,000.

Carley Roney

Now, when BJP is in opposition, it has raised the issue again.

Brinda Karat

If we get lawmakers involved, then somebody is going be looking into the postal issue.

Oscar Cabral

We are looking for a federal issue here.

Justice Anthony Kennedy

I'm very pleased because that whole issue has been a gray area for a number of years.

Warden Ramon Rustin

It's clearly a market mix issue. Expensive homes are not selling as fast as inexpensive homes.

John Karevoll

The audience was not the issue, ... because they did not want to be associated with (Martha Stewart, the persona).

Martin Walker

It is not the runway length that's the issue. Runways are either adequate or they're not.

Bernard Loeb

That was the correct result. I take issue with the finding of the jury.

Mack Garner

The issue with technology is, it's -- by definition -- change. You can't just go to sleep and say I'm going to forget it for 20 years.

Marshall Acuff

We hope this issue can be resolved as quickly as possible.

Ralph Stewart

We have carefully evaluated our options and decided that -- as one of the nation's leading retail banks -- we will issue credit cards directly.

Ben Jenkins

We understand that this issue is very important to our employees and to our customers.

Tania Graves

This is not an issue in my household.

Antonio Davis

It gives us the opportunity to assess numbers, and more importantly, to address the issue.

Justin Brooks

We didn't talk about the financial issue.

Gary O'hagan

Environmental issue in the two countries is sensitive enough. Therefore, we should not ignore the issue in our business activities with them.

Mari Pangestu

It's beyond the place of the state to address that issue.

Rep. Bryan Stevenson

Its rotting limbs are definitely a safety issue, ... If one of them were to fall on someone they could be seriously injured or killed.

Mary Williams

I honestly didn't even think or believe that insurance would be any kind of an issue. I didn't even investigate it beforehand, which was my worst mistake not to do that because it probably would have changed everything I did.

David Stout

We have tremendous confidence in the ability of the league and players association to deal effectively with this issue, and it appears they are.

George Bodenheimer

This is not only an issue of space, but this building is not handicap-accessible. We want a building that is completely ADA compliant and is more user-friendly for volunteers.

Linda Mccoy

They're not the proper way to address the issue of health care coverage.

Kelly Hobbs

Having got the Japan issue out of the way that's going to be the next issue on people's minds.

Richard Marwood

There are some who say it's the pest of the 21st century. I don't want to scare anybody, but it could become a much bigger issue.

Cindy Mannes

From a safety issue, if someone gets hit by a car and we're allowing this, it seems like it would be a liability.

Steve Moore

We had a couple of discussions in class about world hunger. It really spoke out to a lot of us. The issue is still really strong around the world.

Tony Rowe

The real issue is does Chicago have the number of buyers that are willing to invest in a building like this.

Adrian Smith

It's a sensitive issue and we'll be keeping our eye on it, no question about it.

Doug Herzog

The spread of contamination will become a major issue, and we're already starting to see that.

Madhu Beriwal

There will be more and more genetic testing, so sports has to come to terms with this issue.

Arthur Caplan

Any flooding is an issue, ... We?re just thankful we were able to recover from the flooding we?ve had.

Randy Miller

That's just life. It's unfair and the only thing you can do about is become informed more about the issue.

Ben Davis

This has important consequences for the next big issue -- the question of how these structures all fuse together.

Martin Hetzer

We've put a lot of time and effort into this issue, and it's been a very fascinating subject, but it will be nice to put it to rest and get on to bigger and better things.

John Feudo

Those are much lower than national numbers. It's still an issue for us, though, especially alcohol.

Pat Bird

We did issue this approvable letter, but we can't discuss what's in the letter. Only the company can do that.

Julie Zawisza

I don't think it's really a pressing issue. I think all of our focus has been on playing better baseball and winning more games.

Dave Littlefield

I think the Spring House is an issue they're going to leave alone.

Daniel Leefson

It's a political issue, not a religious issue.

Ayad Sammarai

It's not a talent issue. He's got a damn rocket for an arm. He throws the hardest ball I've ever caught.

Rob Konrad

We tiptoe on the issue. I don't believe in holding job fairs for illegal immigrants.

Jeff Weninger

I don't think this issue is going to go away anytime soon.

Rep Dave Crooks

It's not as big an issue for our community as the denial of civil rights for Americans of Arab backgrounds. Our fight is on a different war front for us.

Aref Assaf

I think if we allow one group to talk and not the other, we're going to get into trouble, as far as the Blackwell issue.

Bill Highfield

This is an important issue.

Jack Grubman

It looks like no one has settled this. We can only settle this case when the fatherhood issue is settled.

Fred Gelston

This has been a fairly good, safe neighborhood, and I don't see a big health issue.

Paul Ballard

The U.S. domestic environment around this issue, particularly with regards to China, is very serious.

Chris Israel

You can't go out and actively recruit when you have a credibility issue.

Rob Roy

We know this is a difficult issue, but there has been too much focus on finger-pointing and not enough on how to move forward on this critically important issue.

Janet Murguia

To us, the biggest social issue of the day is what we are doing to the planet's atmosphere because of (President) Bush's decision to convert us to a coal-based electrical society.

Jim Dougherty

None of those issues are really at a crisis point. No single issue is crying out to be fixed.

David Metz

This issue is not going to go away. It'll be back next year, and it will keep coming back.

Rep. Becky Hutchins

Safety is not an issue (for women) any more than it is for a guy. They're going to be in condition for their sport.

Bill Demong

I thought the issue was so polarized, I just didn't want to get caught.

Jeffrey Schloss

That is an issue we will continue to deliberate on.

Sen. Louis Hill

So it's a legacy issue. What legacy do we want to leave? Are we greedy or are we worried about the future?

Carl Nellis

This is about keeping good-quality jobs and keeping access for our members to these good-quality jobs. That's really the biggest issue.

Candice Johnson

Locally there was never even a mention or a breath of concern that this was a racial issue nor a status issue.

Julia Renfro

It's a supply issue. Inventories are down, and demand starts going up because you're getting into the pretty weather.

Linda Casey

The issue is whether it's cost-effective for the tax system and good for taxpayers.

Linda Mcdougall

It is pretty hard to find the right result to a controversial issue.

Max Baucus

That becomes a major issue for them.

Victor Lin

It's a big difference. At first, it was different, but it's not an issue at all (now). You've got your teammates, and there's 109 guys who are your friends already, so it really doesn't matter.

Joshua Johnson

They assured us it wasn't an issue.

Chuck Wilson

The issue was significantly oversubscribed, even more than was indicated in the Dubai Islamic Bank statement in December.

Faisal Mikou

We've been aware of the issue for several months and have been working with American to resolve it.

Alison Duquette

This issue isn't about the [strength] of PINs?it's about the merchants and how they store this data.

Bruce Cundiff

This is a major, major issue for our listeners. We're talking about it on the air and we'll be involved in the rally.

Frank Flores

It really was a timing issue. We wanted to get the thing out there because we saw that they were starting to build.

Alan Bailey

I expect it will continue to be an issue because this is a very popular device and it's designed to play games you own.

Thomas Loeser

It's not as though once this is settled by a vote the issue is out of reach of consumers.

Kevin Bloom

We've only had 30 months experience as a new government. We are feeling our way along on an issue as divisive as this one.

Tom Owen

I work the issues, and when the issue is right, it happens. My job is to shepherd it and make it happen.

Sen. Joyce Mulliken

The main thing is they should clearly speak on the issue of recognizing the state of Israel.

Alexander Kalugin

This is a major issue that needs to be resolved and I think it needs to be resolved very soon.

Nigel Roberts

The issue of the funding remains, but we have just decided to focus on the survivors and figure out what we can do for them with what little we have been given by the international donors.

Ben Malor

I think this is definitely a challenge for everyone. There's definitely tension between the age groups, but I think it helps to see that awareness of the issue growing.

Kevin Gagan

My feelings are not about personalities. It's the institution itself. Whether it is a viable institution for this Island anymore is the issue to me.

Tristan Israel

This is no longer an economic issue. This is a health issue. Let's face it, secondhand smoke kills.

Sheila Francoeur

It's going to be a 2006 elections issue.

Norm Dicks

He heard from his base that this is a civil rights issue.

Geoffrey Kors

That was an issue settled.

Homer Thompson

But it's a delicate issue and a difficult issue.

Malcolm Speed

The real issue, problem and challenge is city of New Orleans.

Ray Stone

One of the requirements I have used during my political career to decide whether we should do something is the issue of fairness.

George Voinovich

I see this issue as the civil rights issue of our time.

Linda Halsey

The big issue is award availability. Whenever you have a capacity reduction, that inevitably translates directly into fewer award seats, and I have no doubt that will happen in this case.

Tim Winship

It's quite an issue.

Rob Janes

This issue has caused some divisions among the people in the church during the last election.

William Levada

That one issue is the only issue. We're delivering a failed product to the university level.

Bryan Flannery

Energy cooperation is a key area of economic cooperation among SCO member states. The working group on energy issue will compose of experts in related areas from the six member states.

Zhang Deguang

We're redoing a process that has been done before. It's an issue that hasn't been fixed. We built a 47,000-square-foot building that was torn down.

Clyde Melick

HYBRID, n. A pooled issue.

Ambrose Bierce

With the majority of Fortune 500 companies having domestic partner benefits, it becomes an issue of being able to recruit and retain [employees].

Jay Fisette

The surveillance issue has been somewhat of an embarrassment for the administration. As some of the things they have done are illegal.

Bert Rockman

It's a very important policy statement that clears the air and brings clarity to the issue. I think it will greatly enhance the U.S.-China relationship.

George Koo

To this point, the few films that have focused on the issue of slavery have not performed well at the box office.

Martin Grove

If he fails to deliver on this issue, he'll have to deliver on some significant other issue.

Derek Rogusky

This really puts California on a path to being a leader in dealing with the most important issue of our time.

Karen Douglas

We want a solution but to refer it might complicate the issue. This is our concern.

Wang Guangya

I think we're at the point where it isn't an issue now.

Jon Karkow

The improvement for student learning became a secondary issue.

Lee Maras

This issue of the Internet or Internet-based services being less reliable is disappearing. We did not find that this was a barrier to adoption of IP services.

Don Ryan

Our biggest fear is that the other issue -- the undocumented workers -- bogs down and threatens the entire bill.

Ralph Hellman

The issue for the administration is not going to get any better or smoother with time, as the public seems so dead set against it.

Frank Gaffney

I think the use of insulin without a needle, the siren call of that is almost irresistible. The practicality issue, though ... is huge.

Rebecca W. Killion

I'm hopeful this issue will be worked out. It's an issue we should be able to work through.

Steve Santarsiero

This has been an ongoing issue with the town clerk. Things don't seem to be working.

Mark Christensen

It was not an issue. The woman has every qualification to do the job and demonstrated it by doing a lot of hard work.

Jeff Schwartz

We're confident that TCEQ will resolve this issue. We are confident that we are going above and beyond what we need to do to protect that aquifer.

Kirstin Voinis

We want to bring the issue to closure.

Len Wolman

We now have more clarity on that [prior art] issue for them.

David Kaefer

This is a very important issue for us here and there is a strong understanding in the community that we need more space.

Dan Bennett

I don't think it's clear yet, because of the on-going investigation, (that) there was an issue with background checks. If there is, we'll deal with it.

Carrie Harmon

This issue of money -- and that's what this [trial] is -- is not something I want to be a part of.

David Swain

The issue of plan funding remains our primary cause for concern.

Claude Lamoureux

I think there is a big question about the legitimacy issue on campus.

Kevin Mattson

It's not just an issue of revenue source, it's an issue of good management.

David Metz

We're going to have to do something about the fossil fuel issue. I don't think the earth is going to continue to give the way she has the last 100 years.

Chris Cain

Housing is going to be the issue because we don't have an overabundance of work-force housing available in our state anyway.

Toni Jennings

If we're going to deal with the greenhouse gas issue in California, we're going to have to go down this road.

Michael Peevey

The issue is were these people ever really married.

Robert Garcia

I think this will be a big issue.

Michael Lawson

We feel we have a very strong appellate issue, both factually and legally.

Joseph Gorman

They feel like it was the first time they had a real vote on this issue.

Monty Salyer

This is a sad day for students of Connecticut, ... Instead of addressing the issue at hand, the state has chosen to attack a law that is designed to assist the students most in need -- and those whom these funds directly help.

Richard Blumenthal

The bigger issue is that we have a site available and we have a need to fill for our residents.

Fulton Meachem

We've overused our antibiotics and now, they don't work. That's a serious issue.

Howard Stark

It's a very complex issue. You can't say that all the fish of a certain species have the highest levels. (Contamination levels) differ from lake to lake.

Mike Hardin

There's no question it's a pride issue.

Bill Hunt

I think it's a leadership issue.

Sen Gary Hooser

Our own faculty has gotten sensitized to the issue that there's a bunch of people that just don't get it.

Joshua Kohn

I would rather prevent what happened than issue an apology afterwards.

Donald Payne

I have encountered the notion that marriage is a partisan political issue.

Tom Rodgers

Even though it's more expensive, water quality is the issue here.

Brian James

There's an issue that's going to be going on for a lot of vendors and for the standards bodies. What's going to be the best framing technology for 10-Gbit/s PON?

David Foote

All the woodwork was painted a dark brown. So we had to deal with the issue of paint first.

Joanne Milnor

Handling those incoming items is a big issue. We get buried under it. The physics of clutter is that it will come into your office without your assistance, but will not go away without your assistance.

Julie Mahan

The exemplary issue should not be based on letter grades. Letter grades are very misleading.

Debra Robinson

We really needed to resolve the issue of family time.

Gary Moss

In situations where I've talked directly to the port authorities, after they have understood, it has not become an issue.

Dave Forney

It's a very, very difficult issue.

John Negroponte