I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics - and it wont go away. From time to time, people articulate a view that we should ban opinion polls, but that's nonsense.
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And the inner dynamics of Hollywood are like politics. Say you give a script to a group of executives - they all sit around, afraid to voice an opinion, saying nothing, waiting to know what the consensus is. Just like focus groups, opinion polls or a cabinet.
quote by Joe Eszterhas
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Oooo...Oooo-Oooo Wee Ow-ouch!
'I'm more dominant and not the weak one.
More dominant and not the weak one.
I'm more dominant and not the weak one.
More dominant and not the weak one.'
Oooo...
Oooo-Oooo wee ow-ouch!
'More dominant and not the weak one.
I'm more dominant and not the weak one.'
Oooo...
Oooo-Oooo wee ow-ouch!
She says I'm on a pacifier.
Unreliable with too many needs.
She says I'm heat under the sheets...
But she's the one who buys the food we eat.
She says I'm not dependable at all.
And by herself she does the best she can alone,
To make all ends meet!
When bill collectors call.
And,
She's more dominant and not the weak one.
More dominant and not the weak one.
Oooo...
Oooo-Oooo wee ow-ouch.
More dominant and not the weak one?
More dominant and not the weak one?
Submissive when she comes to the bed.
Prepared to get her needs met!
And I am ever ready.
I've lost my job and the kids are fed.
I do the best I can...
But I'm not making the bread.
And my ego's thinly spread.
When the work I've done is meager.
And the words I hear from her...
Are wrestling in my head.
'I'm more dominant and not the weak one.
More dominant and not the weak one.'
OW!
'...dominant and not the weak one.
More dominant and not the weak one.'
OW!
'...dominant and not the weak one.
More dominant and not the weak one.'
And if I leave my family...
I'll lose my life instead.
'I'm more dominant and not the weak one.
More dominant and not the weak one.'
OW!
'...dominant and not the weak one.
More dominant and not the weak one.'
OW!
'...dominant and not the weak one.
More dominant and not the weak one.'
Oooo...
Oooo-Oooo wee ow-ouch.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.
quote by J.B. Priestley
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My Last Time
Last time, I didnt say anything
Last time, I always heard the phones ring.
Last time, it was the 36th time,
And last time, I couldnt make a rhyme
This time, Im gunna let it all out
This time, Im gunna stand up and shout
This time, Im at my breaking point
This time, when Im done, I'll go roll a joint
Next time, it wont be different from now
Next time, it will be the same if I say 'Ow! '
Next time, it will be the last for me
Next time, you will be crying 'How could this be? '
Because next time, I will over do it
Next time, wont be an accident one bit
Next time, wont be like the first time
Next time, will be my time
It wil be my time to leave
My time to heave
My time for me to go
You never cared, so
Why start now?
It will disgust me if you ask 'How? '
After Im gone..
Gone. Forever Gone..
poem by Tayler Bailey
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Squabbling in public will eventually ruin football; there's no doubt it's hurting us already. Polls taken by Louis Harris - polls as valid as any political polls - indicate that very clearly.
quote by Pete Rozelle
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Opinions
Everyone has a different opinion
on just about everything.
Some say they like something,
and there will be others who don’t.
An opinion divided there.
It is just the same if you asked a dozen people
to describe something they had all seen.
You would end up
with a dozen different descriptions there.
No two people are alike,
each have a different point of view.
Some many like something
for different reasons than yours.
We all have to take account of this
throughout our daily lives.
13 February 2008
poem by David Harris
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It was our view of the worst that could befall our people if they were taken captive. So, what was fascinating to me was that somehow it appears the techniques that we have feared most in the world would be used on our people, we are using on people in our custody.
quote by Jane Mayer
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Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.
quote by Dan Rather
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This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based on focus groups. We will not take a stand based on phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of pubic opinion.
quote by Stephen Harper
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Won't Let You Down
Wont let you down
This time around
Wont let you down
Wont let you downnnnn
I made a wish upon a four leaf clover
The symbols in her head said come on over
Yeah cause in my mind I'm going out a
We had love there aint no doubt a
I wanna get down with you once again
You can look into my eyes
I'm leaving it up to you tell me when
Couldn't loose me if ya tried
I wanna get down with you once again
So I can love you love you love you love
wont let you down this time around
wont let you down
wont let you down
if you see ? don't be afraid to kiss her
now she's not there who cares we'll never miss her
we'll wind you to my point of view
I'll be the man to tame your shrew
I wanna get down with you once again
You can look into my eyes
I'm leaving it up to you tell me when
Couldn't loose me if you tried
I wanna get down with you yeah again
So I can love you love you love you love
Ohhh you take ??
Breaking in his good vibration
We'll Take good care of your frustration
Come on come on come on come on come on come on yeah
Come on come on come on ::
I wanna get down with you once again
You can look into my eyes
I leaving it up to you tell me when
And we can lucy in the sky
I wanna get down with you and a friend
So I can love you love you love you 2
Wont let you I'll bet you
Wont let you down
This time around
Wont let you down
Wont let you I'll bet you
Wont let you downnnnn
song performed by by Aerosmith
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At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over.
quote by Stephen Breyer
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Tis time
By many right wing conservatives one who is admired
But Australia's P M John Howard his voice has grown more tired
Perhaps the man has known a better day
And 'tis time that he gave politics away,
Who knows the Coalition the next Federal Election too may win
But their leader Mr Howard should hand his ticket in
And since he is many years beyond his prime
For everyone there is a retirement time
But since most politicians with wisdom and humility are rare
Like many of his kind he will just hang in there
Till at the polls he will finally meet defeat
And he too will have humble pie to eat
He bores me with his lack of ideas and his lack of wit
And i would not feel sad to see him quit.
poem by Francis Duggan
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Playing The Guessing Game
People come expecting me to have all the answers.
They want me to end their suffering, to have a cure to their cancer.
I try my damnedest to help out people the best I can.
But with such vagueness, their is need for only more questions.
You want a personal opinion, you want definitive advice on something you won't tell me about.
Thats absolute nonsense.
Stop these silly requests.
I can neither read minds or predict the future.
And even if I could I would leave it in a vague riddle that would keep you guessing till the end of time, if their is such a thing.
I have no degree in psychology that is for certain.
I don't deal with other people problems on a daily basis, but instead my own.
And they are plenty enough of them alone.
But as I write about my experiences, it is not an invitation to guessing game I condone.
poem by Ace Of Black Hearts
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The Politicians of Bangladesh
Now-a-days
In Bangladesh
Values and ethics have become extinct
And only found in books
Corruption is everywhere
In government offices
And the politicians' goal is
To become elected in the polls
Not the welfare of the people
Because politics has become their business
As if it's Halloween
And the devils have worn mask
Of the good people
That's why
My fastest words are like bullets
That can penetrate their skulls
And change their mindsets
poem by Asif Andalib
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It Is...
too much time has been
spent for nonsense
but somehow this nonsense
keeps us directed into something light and blissful
it is or could be odd
but it is fair enough
morning takes its meaning
from what others claim as nothing
so much time still must be wasted
it is.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.
quote by George W. Bush
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Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.
quote by Henry A. Kissinger
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I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and the creation of monuments.
quote by Bruce Babbitt
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What Makes You Happy
But dont worry, mom, I met him in a restaurant
And all this time Ive been getting to know him
Hes got an ex-wife in pasadena
And sometimes shes a mess to deal with
But mostly weve been living here uninjured
Theres a silence, and she says:
Listen here young lady
All that matter is what makes you happy
But you leave this house knowing my opinion
Wont make you love me if you dont care to.
But mom, Im sending you this photograph,
I swear this one is going to last
And all those other bastards were only practice
I feel the sun on my back
I smell the earth in my skin
I see the sky above me like a full recovery
Listen here young lady
All that matters is what makes you happy
But you leave this house knowing my opinion
Wont make you love me if you dont care.
Listen here young lady
All that matters is what makes you happy
But you leave this house knowing my opinion
Wont make a difference if youre not ready
Listen here young lady
All that matters is what makes you happy
But you leave this house knowing my opinion
Wont make you love me if you dont care.
Listen here young lady
All that matters is what makes you happy
But you leave this house knowing my opinion
Wont make you love me if you dont care.
Make you love me if you dont care
song performed by by Liz Phair
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This Time
This time
I wont show Im vulnerable
This time
I wont give in first
This time
I will hold out with my love
This time
I will not be hurt
Im gonna love myself
More than anyone else
Im gonna treat me right
Im gonna make you say
That you love me first
And youll be the one with the most to lose tonight
This time
This time
I wont let my emotions rule my life
This time
Im gonna keep my heart locked safe inside
This time
Im gonna be my own best friend
This time
Im gonna be the one
To win
Your love
Your affection
To hide
My fear
Of rejection
This time
song performed by by Tracy Chapman
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