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Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity. -- Madeleine M. Kunin
The U.S. has historically been the world's largest contributor to climate change. -- Michael Franti
Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers. -- Charles W. Pickering
The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world. -- Colin Powell
The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone. -- Ashley Montagu
I opened up Shutterstock to the whole world. I created a contributor community that anyone could give stock photography a shot. -- Jon Oringer
It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading. -- Walter Annenberg
My first inclination is to be a bit skeptical about the claims that human-produced carbon dioxide is the direct contributor to global warming. -- Buzz Aldrin
First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued. -- Adam Arkin
I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'. -- Ronald Reagan
While commentators on Fox and right-wing radio have the backing of Rupert Murdoch, a major Republican contributor, and other conservative corporations, progressives understand that their position is extremely vulnerable. -- Bernie Sanders
I know a lot of people in the business recommend the many Story Structure seminars being offered here, but I point to them as the single biggest contributor to lousy scripts. -- Douglas Wood
People who suffer from anxiety are very good at hiding it. That can often be a contributor to the anxiety because the gap between the internal perception and the external impression can feel so large. -- Scott Stossel
Barack Obama's large contributor was Goldman Sachs - same thing on the Republican side. If you go to both their conventions, you see the same lobbyists paying off both sides so they win either way. -- Jesse Ventura
Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration. -- Jeff Bezos
Environmentalists have been outspoken in their support of smaller family size and abortion rights as keys to reducing global warming. But when it comes to immigration, the single biggest contributor to population growth in the industrial world, they stand largely silent. -- Gary Bauer
Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared with the losses suffered by nearly all the firms in the cotton trade during the disastrous years of the American war. -- John Bright
I have to experience the Nokia products. I'm a major contributor to the design and the quality of the devices. I have a lot of feedback to provide the teams on that. But also I have to carry competitive devices. You have to understand the competition. -- Stephen Elop
Nobody can make a putt that breaks to the right. It's unnatural. Unless you're left-handed, of course. Standing over a putt that breaks to the right can actually make you dizzy. I've long thought that right-breaking putts are a major contributor to mental and physical ill health. -- Dan Jenkins
In my early teens, I acquired a kind of representative status: went on behalf of the family to wakes and funerals and so on. And I would be counted on as an adult contributor when it came to farm work - the hay in the summertime, for example. -- Seamus Heaney
Throughout the industrial era, economists considered manufactured capital - money, factories, etc. - the principal factor in industrial production, and perceived natural capital as a marginal contributor. The exclusion of natural capital from balance sheets was an understandable omission. There was so much of it, it didn't seem worth counting. -- Paul Hawken
I am vegetarian. I have a sweet tooth, so I try and avoid desserts. I binge maybe once a month. I eat every two hours, whether it is a Marie biscuit or just a slice of apple. As a result, my metabolism has improved, and this is a huge contributor to weight loss. -- Vidya Balan
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After graduation, I wanted to work for 'Sassy', which I loved, but it had folded. So I wound up at 'Seventeen' for three years on staff and two as a contributor, and I wrote these great stories that nobody ever believes 'Seventeen' does. Serious stories for teens about social justice issues - gun control, migrant farm workers. -- Gayle Forman
The party lines don't change, that's what makes them a party and you'd be a fool to think that just because there's a black man in there it's not gonna change the real foundation of the system. Especially when you look at his largest contributor to his campaign, AIG, one of the culprits in the economic meltdown itself. -- Lupe Fiasco
The original idea of blog publishing was that writer and reader would be on the same level. That it would be a conversation - not a lecture. People lost sight of that. We didn't. Kinja is designed to break down the walls of the ghettos. So that everybody - editor, writer, source, subject, expert, fan - can be a contributor. -- Nick Denton
Cigarette smoking is a significant contributor to global warming! -- Al Gore
I think emotional health is a big contributor to physical health. -- April Rose
I am honored that they would include me in the Cabinet as a member and contributor. -- Darius Rucker
My goal is to be a contributor and to encourage others as they realize their dreams. -- Kai Greene
A major contributor to the present-day tendency to accept and encourage homosexuality is Dr. Sigmund Freud. -- Tim LaHaye
religion is to misogyny as disease is to misery - not the sole cause, but a significant contributor -- PZ Myers
The likelihood that inborn differences are one contributor to social status does not mean that it is the only contributor. -- Steven Pinker
Chess is a contributor to net human unhappiness, since the pleasure of victory is greatly exceeded by the pain of defeat. -- William Hartston
Much of the shadow banking sector, a major contributor to the economic crisis, was also only possible because of taxhaven secrecy. -- Vince Cable
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One of kindness and integrity. I know I fail constantly, but Iâ??m working towards being a reliable and worthy contributor to the world. -- Caitlin Stasey
We have to tackle the plague of gun violence, which is a big contributor to a lot of the problems that we're seeing today. -- Hillary Clinton
Being good isn't just about being dextrous and being flash. Being good is about being an all-round contributor in the great world of music. -- Robert Plant
The largest single contributor to Iraq's security is that effort of Iraqi people who continue to step forward to join the various Iraqi security forces. -- Craig L. Thomas
If you really want to see more work that reflects your values, you have to produce it. You have to be a contributor to the business. -- Erik King
I believe that there are forces of light and darkness in the world, and I don't want to be a contributor to the force of darkness. -- Oprah Winfrey
The key was disclosure, and nobody has ever raised a concern that anybody who contributed, whether a campaign contributor or a gift giver, ever got anything for it. -- Tim Kaine
The always-connected culture isn't as much a contributor as Grace might think. The nervous mind, the monkey mind, will create its own noise. It doesn't need a new toy. -- Russell Simmons
There's no question that the number one contributor to climate change is livestock production. The quickest way to make an effect is to immediately start on a vegan diet. -- Lisa Bloom
There is not enough self-consciousness about what a family can be, about what it can inherit from forbearers, and what new traditions it can start as a contributor to the community. -- Ralph Nader
Louis Armstrong was the primary contributor to jazz music in the 20th century. His improvisational skills served as the principal model for all who came after him, regardless of one's chosen instrument. -- Ellis Marsalis, Jr.
I needed to make the buyer happy: I needed to provide a price point and sort of a model that was attractive to them. But I also needed to make the contributor happy. -- Jon Oringer
I think the notion that liquidity of tradable common stock is a great contributor to capitalism is mostly twaddle. The liquidity gives us these crazy booms, so it has as many problems as virtues. -- Charlie Munger
I want to emphasis again, Governor (Thomas) Kean and Congressman (Lee) Hamilton pointed out that congressional oversight also was a major contributor to our failures prior to 9/11 and that has to be fixed as well. -- John McCain

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