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The EPA was right in the middle of the disaster, and we intend to make sure the Navajo Nation recovers every dollar it spends cleaning up this mess and every dollar it loses as a result of injuries to our precious Navajo natural resources. – Russell Begaye	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
They are not going to get away with this, the EPA was right in the middle of the disaster, and we intend to make sure the Navajo Nation recovers every dollar it spends cleaning up this mess and every dollar it loses as a result of injuries to our precious Navajo natural resources. – Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't think there is any change in strategy, mansour has largely been focused on the military struggle for years, there's been precious little on the peace front. – Kate Clark	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
If Congress kills this is deal, we will lose more than just constraints on Iran's nuclear program or the sanctions we have painstakingly built, we will have lost something more precious: America's credibility as a leader of diplomacy. America's credibility as the anchor of the international system. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I made a lot of mistakes that day, just being careless, every time I go out there, I try not make the same mistakes and realize how precious life is. – Vaughn Taylor	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
In general, countries that are facing serious socio-economic challenges are at a higher risk of having mental health problems within their communities, the rate of depression and the rate of suicide actually do increase significantly for countries that are suffering from economic downturn. These are precious loss of life which a country should protect by maintaining the mental health care that is due to these people during these times of stress. – Shekhar Saxena	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
They have done very little to improve the protection from abuse that migrant workers face. They have done precious little, frankly, to merit an upgrade. – Phil Robertson	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Every bag of blood is precious, but James' blood is particularly extraordinary, his blood is actually used to make a life-saving medication, given to moms whose blood is at risk of attacking their unborn babies. Every batch of Anti-D that has ever been made in Australia has come from James' blood. – Jemma Falkenmire	Found on CNN 9 years ago
This is a ridiculous waste of precious federal resources, especially when multiple states and jurisdictions have already legalized marijuana, it is time for the federal government to stop making marijuana use or possession a federal crime. – Ted Lieu	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I’ve just really tried hard to be a positive light. I’ve learned to compliment often. I’ve learned to show people how much I really care about them, and how much I want to help them, when you see death like that, you gain an appreciation for life really quickly— how short it is, how precious it is. – Jeff Leggit	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It's a pretty precious habitat down there, anytime you disturb it and move it there are implications to the food web. – Natural Resources	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Those places are very, very precious. There are perhaps 100,000 people a year who manage to be referred for third country resettlement, syria alone has four million refugees, including massive numbers of people in acute crisis, with unbelievable trauma. – Alistair Boulton	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We're facing a clean water emergency in California and, despite a water-scarcity crisis caused by the worst drought on record, DOGGR is turning its back on its contamination problem until 2017, the agency is not enforcing the Safe Drinking Water Act and it is endangering precious sources of drinking water. This needs to stop now. – Will Rostov	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The agency is not enforcing the Safe Drinking Water Act and it is endangering precious sources of drinking water. This needs to stop now. – Will Rostov	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I’ve been blessed with really good health, and I’m absolutely 100 percent sure that the reason for this health was for this moment. It was to give this gift to that precious girl. – Cindy Smith	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
In imperial China, only the emperor was allowed to wear yellow, yellow was the most precious color, the most noble color. – Noel Duan	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It's very, very hard, I think, for white people, any white people, to understand just what that loss of a precious life does to the constant state of random vulnerability that Americans of color feel. – Walter Scott	Found on CNN 9 years ago
On the swaddles and blankets we only have hands of mothers and babies of developing countries. It’s unusual to have fine art on baby products, so when you are holding your baby – holding the most precious thing in the world – you will also be holding the hands, crisscrossing hands with mothers and babies from around the world. – Jane Chen and Drue Kataoka	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
So many things in my life seemed of little significance at the time they happened, but then took on a greater importance as I got older, the memories I’m taking with me now are so precious and have more value than all the gold and silver in my jewelry box. – Emily Phillips	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
When it comes to culture and quality of life, businesses are extremely interested in engaging in debate simply because it impacts its more precious resource -- and that's its people, therefore, when issues arise that have negative or positive impact on those things, then the business community will again speak and speak loudly. – Jay Chesshir	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The overall U.S. dollar weakness is opening the door for a rally in the commodity sectors, materials, and in particular precious metals, are very attractive here, given some of the relative valuations that we're seeing. – Youssef Zohny	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We should never forget that the peace and prosperity of Japan and the United States at present has been built on the sacrifice of precious lives. – Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Community trust is a precious but perishable commodity that must be nurtured, otherwise, the hard work of building that trust can be eaten away in a few seconds. – Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We've had challenging weather, every day is precious. – Tim Ryan	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

The EPA was right in the middle of the disaster, and we intend to make sure the Navajo Nation recovers every dollar it spends cleaning up this mess and every dollar it loses as a result of injuries to our precious Navajo natural resources.

– Russell Begaye

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

They are not going to get away with this, the EPA was right in the middle of the disaster, and we intend to make sure the Navajo Nation recovers every dollar it spends cleaning up this mess and every dollar it loses as a result of injuries to our precious Navajo natural resources.

– Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I don't think there is any change in strategy, mansour has largely been focused on the military struggle for years, there's been precious little on the peace front.

– Kate Clark

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If Congress kills this is deal, we will lose more than just constraints on Iran's nuclear program or the sanctions we have painstakingly built, we will have lost something more precious: America's credibility as a leader of diplomacy. America's credibility as the anchor of the international system.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I made a lot of mistakes that day, just being careless, every time I go out there, I try not make the same mistakes and realize how precious life is.

– Vaughn Taylor

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

In general, countries that are facing serious socio-economic challenges are at a higher risk of having mental health problems within their communities, the rate of depression and the rate of suicide actually do increase significantly for countries that are suffering from economic downturn. These are precious loss of life which a country should protect by maintaining the mental health care that is due to these people during these times of stress.

– Shekhar Saxena

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

They have done very little to improve the protection from abuse that migrant workers face. They have done precious little, frankly, to merit an upgrade.

– Phil Robertson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Every bag of blood is precious, but James' blood is particularly extraordinary, his blood is actually used to make a life-saving medication, given to moms whose blood is at risk of attacking their unborn babies. Every batch of Anti-D that has ever been made in Australia has come from James' blood.

– Jemma Falkenmire

Found on CNN
9 years ago

This is a ridiculous waste of precious federal resources, especially when multiple states and jurisdictions have already legalized marijuana, it is time for the federal government to stop making marijuana use or possession a federal crime.

– Ted Lieu

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I’ve just really tried hard to be a positive light. I’ve learned to compliment often. I’ve learned to show people how much I really care about them, and how much I want to help them, when you see death like that, you gain an appreciation for life really quickly— how short it is, how precious it is.

– Jeff Leggit

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It's a pretty precious habitat down there, anytime you disturb it and move it there are implications to the food web.

– Natural Resources

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Those places are very, very precious. There are perhaps 100,000 people a year who manage to be referred for third country resettlement, syria alone has four million refugees, including massive numbers of people in acute crisis, with unbelievable trauma.

– Alistair Boulton

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We're facing a clean water emergency in California and, despite a water-scarcity crisis caused by the worst drought on record, DOGGR is turning its back on its contamination problem until 2017, the agency is not enforcing the Safe Drinking Water Act and it is endangering precious sources of drinking water. This needs to stop now.

– Will Rostov

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The agency is not enforcing the Safe Drinking Water Act and it is endangering precious sources of drinking water. This needs to stop now.

– Will Rostov

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I’ve been blessed with really good health, and I’m absolutely 100 percent sure that the reason for this health was for this moment. It was to give this gift to that precious girl.

– Cindy Smith

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

In imperial China, only the emperor was allowed to wear yellow, yellow was the most precious color, the most noble color.

– Noel Duan

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It's very, very hard, I think, for white people, any white people, to understand just what that loss of a precious life does to the constant state of random vulnerability that Americans of color feel.

– Walter Scott

Found on CNN
9 years ago

On the swaddles and blankets we only have hands of mothers and babies of developing countries. It’s unusual to have fine art on baby products, so when you are holding your baby – holding the most precious thing in the world – you will also be holding the hands, crisscrossing hands with mothers and babies from around the world.

– Jane Chen and Drue Kataoka

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

So many things in my life seemed of little significance at the time they happened, but then took on a greater importance as I got older, the memories I’m taking with me now are so precious and have more value than all the gold and silver in my jewelry box.

– Emily Phillips

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

When it comes to culture and quality of life, businesses are extremely interested in engaging in debate simply because it impacts its more precious resource -- and that's its people, therefore, when issues arise that have negative or positive impact on those things, then the business community will again speak and speak loudly.

– Jay Chesshir

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The overall U.S. dollar weakness is opening the door for a rally in the commodity sectors, materials, and in particular precious metals, are very attractive here, given some of the relative valuations that we're seeing.

– Youssef Zohny

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We should never forget that the peace and prosperity of Japan and the United States at present has been built on the sacrifice of precious lives.

– Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Community trust is a precious but perishable commodity that must be nurtured, otherwise, the hard work of building that trust can be eaten away in a few seconds.

– Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We've had challenging weather, every day is precious.

– Tim Ryan

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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