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John Hickenlooper
American
Politician
Born:
Feb 7
,
1952
Colorado
Country
Government
People
Think
You
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People turn off the news, stop reading in-depth magazine articles - especially young people. Look at the increasing reluctance of young people to vote. I think a lot of that is directly - you can lay it at the feet of these negative campaigns and relentless attack ads.
John Hickenlooper
News
You
Vote
People
Negative
Reading
Young
Think
Increasing
Relentless
Magazine
Reluctance
Directly
Lay
Attack
Ads
Feet
Look
Lot
Off
Campaigns
Articles
Stop
In-Depth
Young People
Turn
Turn-Off
If I can convince people that good people don't do attack ads, and that we want good people to represent us, then the attack ads work against themselves.
John Hickenlooper
Work
Good
People
Good People
Attack
Ads
Represent
Want
Against
Themselves
Then
Us
Convince
I can say that every ad that I control, that I'm going to make sure my ads are positive.
John Hickenlooper
Positive
Control
Every
Say
Ads
Make
Sure
Going
Ad
I never ran for student council or class president or any of that stuff. I didn't hang out with those people. It was just a different universe from the one I inhabited.
John Hickenlooper
Class
People
Universe
President
Ran
Those
Out
Council
Student
Never
Stuff
Hang
Any
Just
Different
Inhabited
Governor Kasich and I won't agree on everything, but agree we've got to control the rise in health care costs on all levels.
John Hickenlooper
Health
Care
Control
Everything
Rise
Costs
Health Care
Health Care Costs
Got
Governor
Agree
Levels
Care Costs
From the first day we opened Wynkoop, my brewpub in Denver, I knew I'd be ten times better running a restaurant than I was a geologist.
John Hickenlooper
Day
Better
First
Running
Restaurant
Ten
Ten Times
Knew
Opened
Geologist
Denver
Times
Than
If you ask me about Donna Lynne, she's one of the flat-out most talented people I've ever worked with, and I've worked with some pretty talented people.
John Hickenlooper
Me
You
People
Some
Pretty
About
Talented
Talented People
Most
She
Ask
Worked
Ever
Colorado is a state that people like to be themselves and solve their own problems.
John Hickenlooper
People
Problems
Own
State
Solve
Colorado
Like
Themselves
Politics generally doesn't mix with sports very well.
John Hickenlooper
Politics
Sports
Generally
Well
Mix
Very
America's greatness has always been demonstrated by our moral leadership.
John Hickenlooper
Leadership
Our
Moral
Always
Been
Greatness
America
We have put the energy needs and costs of hardworking Coloradans before any special interest agenda or false promise.
John Hickenlooper
Needs
Before
Energy
Promise
Costs
Put
False
Any
Interest
Energy Needs
Agenda
Special
Special Interest
Hardworking
Now, I've never hosted a reality TV show, but I know the true mark of a successful businessman is not the number of times you say, 'You're fired.' It's the number times you say, 'You're hired.'
John Hickenlooper
You
Reality
Mark
Say
TV
TV Show
Fired
Never
True
Know
Hired
Times
Reality TV
Successful
Show
Businessman
Now
Number
If the two economies can figure out how to waltz... I think there is benefit for Colorado colleges and universities, and I think there are benefits for Cuba as well.
John Hickenlooper
Benefits
Think
Benefit
Out
Colleges
Colorado
Economies
Well
Cuba
How
Waltz
Figure
Two
Universities
Voters are tired of us kicking the can down the road, because they know it's going to land in a pothole.
John Hickenlooper
Tired
Down
Kicking
Road
Voters
Know
Because
Going
Land
Us
Down The Road
It should be a badge of shame to have an A-rating from the NRA.
John Hickenlooper
Shame
Badge
Should
Since Day 1 of his candidacy, Donald Trump has divided our country and threatened our democracy, attacked the middle class and alienated our allies. Under his administration, real people are being hurt.
John Hickenlooper
Day
Democracy
Class
Hurt
People
Country
Our
Alienated
Administration
Threatened
Allies
Attacked
Divided
Since
Real
His
Trump
Real People
Donald
Donald Trump
Candidacy
Middle
Being
Middle Class
If you've been laid off, you know how it goes: Everything you thought you knew and liked about yourself gets called into question.
John Hickenlooper
You
Yourself
Thought
Everything
About
Knew
Know
Liked
How
Been
Question
Off
Goes
Gets
Laid
A great country acknowledges it's mistakes.
John Hickenlooper
Great
Country
Mistakes
Great Country
Acknowledge
When I opened my first brew-pub, I did not include a checkbox on hiring applications that required applicants to disclose criminal convictions. And we were better for it.
John Hickenlooper
Better
First
Disclose
Convictions
Criminal
Opened
Were
Hiring
Did
Required
Include
Applications
For months before he passed, my dad would have terrible night sweats, and soak through his sheets, often several times a night. Each time, mom would gently roll him over, replace the sheets, and roll him back - then spend the whole next day washing several sets of sheets, only to repeat the routine each night.
John Hickenlooper
Time
Day
Mom
Before
Sets
Back
Spend
Months
Several
Would
Only
Through
He
Over
Terrible
Him
Sheets
Gently
Passed
Repeat
His
Replace
Times
Roll
Often
Soak
Sweats
Then
Next
Whole
Washing
Each
Dad
Each Night
Each Time
Routine
Night
My mother was widowed twice before she turned forty.
John Hickenlooper
Mother
Before
She
Turned
Forty
Twice
Widowed
In Colorado, we passed universal background checks and magazine limits. We need to do that nationally, and we need to raise the purchase age, extend waiting periods for gun purchases, fund gun violence research, pass red flag laws, and more - no matter how hard the gun lobby tries to block it.
John Hickenlooper
Age
Waiting
Matter
Gun
Research
Lobby
Background
Tries
Purchase
Purchases
Magazine
Laws
More
Colorado
Red
Checks
Periods
Pass
How
Passed
Limits
Block
Flag
Hard
Fund
Extend
Universal
Raise
Violence
Need
This is the essence of the American Dream - in the land of opportunity, if you have a good idea, create a solid plan, and work hard, you should be able to reinvent yourself and get ahead.
John Hickenlooper
Work
Good
You
Yourself
Work Hard
Opportunity
Solid
Dream
Able
Idea
Get
American
Essence
American Dream
Land
Plan
Create
Should
Hard
Reinvent
Good Idea
While some people simply want to villainize the private sector, the fact is that the private sector drives jobs growth; we need to channel the energy and innovation of employers to generate opportunities for the entire labor market.
John Hickenlooper
Innovation
People
Opportunities
Some People
Energy
Channel
Market
Sector
Jobs
Some
Entire
Fact
Drives
Generate
Simply
Employers
Private
Private Sector
Labor
Want
While
Growth
Need
Democrats must say loudly and clearly that we are not socialists.
John Hickenlooper
Say
Must
Clearly
Democrats
Loudly
Socialists
Democratic socialism is not only a poor electoral strategy - it's a disastrous governing model.
John Hickenlooper
Socialism
Strategy
Only
Disastrous
Democratic
Governing
Model
Poor
Electoral
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