Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
Andrew Lamar Alexander, Jr.is an American politician and the senior United States senator from Tennessee having served since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Alexander previously served as the conference chair of the Republican Party in the US Senate from 2007 to 2012...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 July 1940
CityMaryville, TN
CountryUnited States of America
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Primarily, we need to change 100 years of thinking, where we try to extend the promise of American life by moving things to Washington, and let's move it the other way: less of Washington, more from ourselves.
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Every day before school, I would bang away on Czerny, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart-and throw in a little Jerry Lee Lewis when I thought no one was around to correct me.
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There's no reason to do this when you're going to diminish what's in the parks.
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I think people are looking for a president who has views and who sticks to those views. So, I think Governor Romney, Governor Perry, Governor Huntsman are all terrific candidates. I think we got a chance to elect a real, executive leader.
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will they do well enough here on Saturday that they can go back to financial supporters and say, it's a worthwhile investment.
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Give him credit for winning the pre-season. His strategy is to make sure that the contest never gets to the people. My strategy is to make sure it does.
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I'd like to schedule my media attention on the day after the Iowa caucuses. He should enjoy the attention while it lasts.
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Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that.
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What happens in Iowa makes more difference than it ever has before.
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When I was governor, I was looking for a way to unify our state. I realized music is about the only thing that unifies Tennessee.
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it may come to that, and we must not rule it out.
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It's a great looking building for a great city -- my favorite city. It's something Maryville can be proud of, and thousands upon thousands of tourists can get a good impression of the city.
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We hear a lot about rebuilding Detroit, and we just spent $70 billion to bail out the auto industry - well, they need to be cost competitive, too. If they have high-cost energy, those suppliers are going to move to Japan or Mexico instead of Michigan and Tennessee.
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To power the country by building 186,000 fifty-story wind turbines - and running 19,000 miles of new transmission lines - just seems impractical and preposterous compared to the idea of building a hundred new nuclear facilities primarily on the sites we already have.