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" I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself. "
Ed Rendell
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" Look, natural gas, just like oil, is going to eventually go away. It's not renewable. "
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" I think national issues play into gubernatorial races less than, obviously, in Senate and Congressional races. Much less. They tend to be more decided by personality, leadership qualities and by state or local issues. They still have some effect, no question about it, but not as much as Senate and Congressional races. "
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" We are the second oldest state in the Union because too many of our young people are leaving Pennsylvania. They are leaving Pennsylvania behind for opportunities elsewhere. "
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" Would I be happy just practicing law? No. Would I be happy just doing TV and speeches? No. I want to do all of these things and be as active as I can... but my main goal is to have some degree of influence on the public discussion. "
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" If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports. "
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" I am a free spirit. I tell the truth, and I like to mix it up. "
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" I think politics today is all about false choices: You can have a robust energy economy and a challenged environment, or a great environment and no economy. That's a false choice. You can do both. "
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Great
Today
" If there was a way to discourage trash constitutionally, I would sure as heck take a hard look at it. I don't think there is. So I don't think there's a choice here. "
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Trash
" Number one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile. "
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" The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less. "
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People
" George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip. "
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Rip
Believed
" Well, the infrastructure part of the stimulus has worked. There's absolutely no question about it. We can demonstrate in Pennsylvania and other states around the union how it's produced good, paying jobs both on the construction sites and back in American factories. It has worked. "
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Well
Construction
Back
" I'm interested in giving business an opportunity by improving the tax environment to invest and grow with Pennsylvania, to expand and put more money in capital investment and creating jobs. "
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Opportunity
Money
Business
" I love the concept of community energy. "
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Community
Love
Energy
" If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff. "
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Offer
Staff
I Am
" Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on. "
Ed Rendell
Business
Community
Good
" Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation. "
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Money
Open
Space
" But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania. "
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Away
Going
Keep
" I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries. "
Ed Rendell
Democratic
Normally
Endorse
" I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed. "
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Need
Think
" Tourism is our second biggest industry in terms of the people it employs. "
Ed Rendell
Industry
Our
People
" One of the things that people don't realize is that that natural beauty, those recreational forests, they have an economic development impact for the state as well. "
Ed Rendell
Natural Beauty
People
Impact
" And secondly, I would impose a significant state landfill tipping fee and use that tipping fee to fund the billion dollar bond issue that I want to create to produce the funds for all of the environmental challenges that we just went over. "
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Bond
Challenges
Environmental
" I think if we're going to have to landfill trash, and I think we basically have to, we might as well get the upside for it and dedicate that upside to improving the environment in so many different ways. "
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Think
" I am a fiscal conservative. "
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Am
I Am
Conservative
" I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax. "
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" Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly. "
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Church
Local
" I hate negative ads in general. "
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General
Negative
Ads
" You know rule one for the vice president is make sure you never upstage the president, right? It's rule one. "
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Never
You
Sure
" I think a moratorium probably is legal, and we should probably for a short period of time impose a moratorium so that we don't permit any additional landfill permits for the time being, so we don't exacerbate the problem. "
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Legal
Time
Think