Ralph Regula quotes

“In my 31 years in Congress, I have seen a lot of changes. We made some substantial policy changes that have improved our parks system and our public lands.”
-- Ralph Regula

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“People underestimate the impact they can have on the process through contact with legislators. By being part of an organized group in an area that you have an interest in, you can multiply the impact of your own ideas.”
-- Ralph Regula

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“The American public is somewhat ambivalent about what they expect out of thenational forest.”
-- Ralph Regula

Source : "Members Go Out on a Limb Over National Forests". www.cnn.com. April 18, 1998.

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“We have the Troops to Teachers program, which encourages retired military individuals to go into teaching.”
-- Ralph Regula

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“You either get the point of Africa or you don't. What draws me back year after year is that it's like seeing the world with the lid off.”

Source : A.A. Gill (2007). “AA Gill is Away”, p.46, Simon and Schuster

“A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.”

“A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be wrong is a man of principle; while he who from time to time adapts his opinions to the changing circumstances of life is an opportunist.”

Source : "Uncommon Law". Book by A. P. Herbert, 1935.

“That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again.”

Source : A Shropshire Lad no. 40, l. 5 (1896)

“Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.”

“You can get the true essence of New Yorkers by just hanging out in Central Park”

“I studied in Britain and spent great moments of my life there as a student living in Belsize Park. I admire the British trait of the stiff upper lip in the face of adversity. My wife studied in Britain, too, and both of us have many friends there.”

Source : Interview with Luke Harding, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2000.

“My aura is psychedelic, flow non-prehistoric metamorphic boric like acid no hat tricks a classic so park that ***** like Jurassic”

Source : Song: Word Play, Album: Kollage

“Jadakiss is not no walk in no park. Nas is not no walk in no park. These are dudes that could have ended my career.”

Source : "Beanie Sigel Explains Jay-z Dis Track" by Shaheem Reid, www.mtv.com. October 30, 2009.

“When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before.”