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Millions of dollars have been spent on these lawsuits (restricting casinos), and no one has stepped up and taken responsibility for paying the bills. The question is, who is paying for it.

Tom Shields

I think it's unfortunate that we are restricting members from leadership positions in community associations.

Julie Adams

Any regulations adopted since December 31, 1995 that damages or harms the value of your property by restricting how the property can be use would be subject to our initiative. Farmers are being driven off land by government regulations.

Dean Boyer

I would need to see it from where the umpire was standing. But if he sees him [Locklear] restricting that player from getting to the quarterback with his arm wrapped around him, then he can call a hold. As I remember the play, he got his arm around the neck, so by the letter of the law that's restricting, and it's a hold.

Jim Tunney

Anything that makes your attempt to buy an asset more risky can have a material effect on the amount of investment we get. These days, we'd be lucky if we get lots of foreign direct investment. We should not restrict it. We should make it easier.

Nouriel Roubini

Some of my constituents have told me to not to restrict it to commuter hours, but I suspect the opposition from the authority would be even more intense.

Delegate David Rudolph

Our operations in China are indistinguishable from any of the 84 countries where we operate, ... We've never had any problems with the Chinese government restricting what we were doing or any incidents where proprietary information was lost.

Patrick Mcgovern

There's covenants right now that restrict its use as for a parking lot.

Dennis Carson

The best way to resolve Sino-US trade imbalance is to expand bilateral trade cooperation. Restricting China's exports by unilateral actions will not solve problem...

He Yafei

I don't think you can ever restrict or control influence. What you can do is shed light on it. Sunshine is the most important thing.

Rep. Beto O'rourke

I am not an advocate of restricting choices of indigenous people, and so I think it inevitable that all indigenous peoples will eventually encounter Western technology and western ways.

Paul Cox

We are not going to censor any of that information, but in deference to Ave Maria University, we are going to request that they not sell that merchandise but we are not restricting.

Paul Marinelli

Restricting genetic variability would lead to more health problems. Eventually, there should be very few Persians born with PKD, something that will bring peace of mind to pet owners. Pet owners who have Persians now can also get them screened for the gene and learn more about the disease.

Susan Little

If you consider that poverty is about lack of opportunity what could be more restricting that being mortgaged up to the hilt so much so that even a small change in your personal financial circumstances could lead to you losing the roof over your head.

Roger Burrows

There's nothing we can do to restrict them.

Dan Kimble

The goal is a seamless transition to the two laws so no one is surprised. The goal is not to be more restricting, but to give a clear idea of what people can do what they can do.

Chris Tollefson

It's important for buyers to look at market trends in the neighborhood as well as identifying the restrictions in a neighborhood that can restrict their own property.

Scott Boles

You have the government pushing up demand and the government restricting supply. Everybody we compete with across the world has cheaper natural gas than us.

Randy Bowen

I believe that it is Congress' obligation to every individual facing a lifetime of suffering to fully explore the potential of this research by expanding rather than restricting the federal government's role. Through establishing national guidelines for federal funding, we can help move this research forward while ensuring that it is preformed in an ethically sound manner.

Mary Bono

[Justice Anthony] Kennedy is willing to restrict it but not overturn it.

Michael Dorf

If we had a pot of money, what we'd want to do would be to deed restrict them, then discount them like 10 percent. That would cover why you're doing a deed restriction.

Bonnie Osborn

This is not to restrict them, but to protect fair competition, which is good for the industry.

Shi Jiliang

We restricted ourselves by geography, so we chose not to restrict ourselves by industry sector.

Jeremy Wolfe

The issue is, can you make a law to restrict free speech? The First Amendment says that 'Congress shall make no law (abridging the freedom of speech).' No law, period.

Greg Allen

DRM is all about restricting individuals' freedoms.

Peter Brown

There has not been much law on this yet. The concern is that if it becomes extremely commonplace, it could significantly restrict the ability of these folks to obtain housing. Someone would have to challenge it.

Alan Weinstein

Restrict bankruptcy rules.

Jerry Weller

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have spent a minimum of one hour actually accomplishing a specific task while on line.

Andy Grove

Accidents have already become an important factor restricting the development of a harmonious economy and society, and have attracted the strong attention of the Chinese government and society.

Li Yizhong

We talked to mothers who were buying products for their kids, ... Consumers had told us, `We would like you to restrict your advertising of the products that you sell to kids.'

Roger Deromedi

The proposed bill will only restrict access to four mineral deposits, while in all other cases foreign companies will be able to create joint ventures with Russian firms.

Igor Shuvalov

The idea is to be proactive and anticipate an oversupply of one market sector. We're concerned that the restaurants will displace some of the small retail [shops]. It could affect other businesses, too, based on parking. It will restrict the conversion of apartments into offices or retail or restaurants.

Phil Ehlinger

There's no text messaging, no camera, no games. Parents can restrict incoming calls to just the numbers they program in the phone book, and you can set up a PIN to keep those settings secure.

Robin Abrams

I have made it a practice since before I was elected to come into the station on a daily or nightly basis and I always check on the prisoners in the cell area to make sure everything's okay. I have not been able to do that because the powers that be are trying to restrict me from doing that. When things like this happen I have a major problem with that.

Paula Brown

He did say that it must meet Russia's national interests and also that it should not restrict its growth and social development.

Jill Dougherty

We wouldn't restrict it to just them. The things we do should benefit all students.

Scott Ellis

I have to explain everyday that we can't ship, that the laws of Kansas restrict us from shipping and everyone thinks that's ridiculous.

Tom Braddy

Particularly the shortage of flight personnel and the shortage of usable airspace are two big bottlenecks restricting the development of civil aviation in China.

Gao Hongfeng

If they keep arresting us without charging us, then they are doing nothing other than restricting our freedom of speech. This needs to be challenged, and if we're arrested again, we'll have a stronger case.

Daniel Ellsberg

With the new building we have a much, much bigger, more prominent exhibition space. And even though the space is kind of multipurpose, it's definitely dedicated to showing the work of Minnesota artists. We're not actively restricting it to Minnesota, but that's really kind of our priority.

Maria Klein

When federal regulation is restricting land use, raising home prices and killing jobs, the government owes it to Californians to do the work necessary to determine if those regulations are actually necessary.

Rob Rivett

I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting.

Donna Mills

It is absolutely unheard of for a court to restrict publication of information except for in issues of clear national security.

Kelly Mcbride

If a religious community is not registered with the authorities, that is no reason to restrict it. We cannot allow the mistakes of the Soviet period to be repeated. We must respect religious freedom.

Arbol Argynov

We've just had a team meeting and the guys are looking forward to tomorrow, we're obviously disappointed, but hopefully the guys can rebound and try to restrict the Aussies to as low a total as possible.

Chris Gayle

We believe important principles are at stake. A judge can't tell a newspaper what it can or can't publish and a judge cannot restrict legitimate news gathering activities.

Joe Larsen

My parents were pretty much open. They didn't restrict me. I've always been interested in special effects.

Joshua Reale

Would you restrict freedom in America, or would you expand it?

Dick Durbin

We permit recruiters to come on campus as just another employer in a sense. We don't restrict access to campus.

Bob Tomlinson

This kind of advertising has great appeal to young people, but the line where the states and the government can restrict that speech is very squishy.

George Hacker

I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.

Derek Bok

Internet addiction directly influences the growth of minors. There should be no delay in restricting harmful Internet contents.

You Quanxi

It's not adequate that there is one credit left in the day for arts. It will greatly restrict career technical training and the arts.

Kathleen Booher

These painful, painful images of children leaving their puppies behind as they go off to a shelter, of elderly dying by the side of the road -- these kinds of things can get to anyone. Most of us want to restrict how much we are exposed to that.

Jim Campbell

We are here today to speak about the growing threat to poker as it relates to the online game. We are here to defend the game and express our opposition to Congress' efforts to kill the sport and restrict our civil liberties.

Michael Bolcerek

Restricting entry visas is possible if it is done selectively and aims to affect the people surrounding Lukashenko.

Gert Weisskirchen

It's a nonpartisan issue. You have liberals and conservatives each saying we need to restrict eminent domain. The issue is how far should we restrict it. Believe me, it's not as cut and dried as it might appear.

Larry Morandi

We just need to take heart from the basic things we did well, bowling in the right areas, restricting the opposition with able fielding and getting a full contribution from the compliment of batters with reasonable partnerships throughout our innings.

Wavell Hinds

The internet has proven to be a force multiplier for freedom and a censor's nightmare as efforts by repressive regimes have failed to fully restrict or block growth and access to the internet. Nevertheless, there are severe challenges to this openness.

Josette Shiner

We've already built a critical mass for telephone customers very quickly, ... The evidence that we've seen on our Internet site shows that we can grow the business quickly by restricting future customer access to Internet access.

Mike Harris

You have to respect a player and remember that he is in high school. But if people start to abuse that method of contact in some fashion and parents and players start complaining, then I'm sure the NCAA would come in and restrict it.

Bruce Chambers

Disarmament should be conducive to the enhancement of every country's general security instead of becoming the instrument and means for a few countries to strengthen their military superiority by weakening or restricting other countries.

Sha Zukang

There's nothing that would restrict a city from allocating funds to a church or synagogue that faces a grave danger or risk. We have always said we have felt this was redundant and unnecessary.

Marc Short

Until now, financial institutions have controlled who is able to obtain credit and the rates people pay. Over time, this one-sided control has bred inefficiencies and excessive margins -- leading to higher rates for borrowers, and restricting people who have money to lend from entering and generating income from this vital and lucrative market.

Chris Larsen

He could have chosen a working accreditation instead (which does not restrict access to sports facilities), but he would have been left without the accompanying person.

Gennady Shvets

Two is a bit harsh in a ten-team league, and though the issue of promotion and relegation for next season has not yet been decided, I hope they restrict it to one team down.

Colin Mitchell

By knowing where we plan to build in the future we'll be able to restrict building on land that will be needed for future roadways.

Clyde Melick

But the general welfare must restrict and regulate the exertions of the individuals, as the individuals must derive a supply of their strength from social power.

Friedrich List

Many citizens who oppose gay marriage also oppose civil unions. The coalition believes it is confusing and unethical to restrict citizens to one vote on two opposing issues, which this amendment would have done.

Kris Mineau

We don't want to restrict them.

Matt Silverman

We need to restrict it to the group most vulnerable, based on the most recent research. I can not predict where this will go in the future.

Tom O'rourke

China is one of the most repressive, yet sophisticated, governments in the world when it comes to restricting press freedom. Beijing is far and away the leading jailer of journalists [in the world], with over 32 different journalists behind bars.

Shawn Crispin

If you restrict their intake by 20 percent, they live even longer, and restrict them to 50 percent, they live longer still. But restrict their intake by 60 percent and they starve to death.

John Phelan

Unfortunately, we should have explicitly said that, by all means, people should continue to answer e-mails within their areas of expertise, but we did not. It was never anyone's intention to muzzle anybody or restrict information from going out to the public.

Brian Dunbar

Of course the detention and the threat to seize the pastor's home are not pleasant. If a religious community is not registered with the authorities, that is no reason to restrict it.

Arbol Argynov

We are an educational environment and we are not going to restrict access to research in an academic setting.

David Hurley

It's easy to make a lightweight calf gain 3.5 lbs./day. If you've averaged 1.8 lbs. historically and were always trying to get 2.0 lbs., it's hard to change your mindset to restricting gain rather than maximizing it.

Jason Sawyer

When the government elects not to produce evidence, then the government is restricting the defendant's ability to defend himself. When the government restricts someone from preparing a defense, they should not be allowed to ask for the death penalty.

Edward Macmahon

Industry hopes to use the furor over breaches as a way to pass a modest federal reform that just happens to also permanently restrict the states from passing virtually any financial privacy or identity theft laws.

Edmund Mierzwinski

Quite a lot of high placed government officials wish to limit and restrict NGOs funded from abroad.

Edil Baisalov

There's no real reason to restrict our development to traditional street venues. Traditional street venues are getting so much more competitive it almost behooves you to look at possible alternatives.

Fred Williams