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John Hickenlooper
American
Politician
Born:
Feb 7
,
1952
Colorado
Country
Government
People
Think
You
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I was skinny. I wore thick glasses. I had acne.
John Hickenlooper
Glasses
Had
Acne
Wore
Skinny
Thick
The social and educational value of preschool is undisputed.
John Hickenlooper
Value
Educational
Social
Preschool
The Affordable Care Act was passed in large part because of recognition that our nation's health care system is not working. The act is not perfect, but it is a starting point, and we have been using it to improve the health of Coloradans.
John Hickenlooper
Health
Not Perfect
Care
Nation
Our
Recognition
System
Perfect
Point
Part
Health Care
Because
Health Care System
Passed
Been
Improve
Affordable
Affordable Care Act
Working
Act
Large
Using
Large Part
Starting
Starting Point
In terms of all kinds of things, in terms of educational reform, in terms of health care, transportation, Colorado has a chance to be a national model.
John Hickenlooper
Health
Care
National
Kinds
Colorado
Terms
Health Care
Educational
Model
Reform
Transportation
Things
Chance
The Democratic Party is always going to be the party of civil rights and fairness - everybody gets an equal, fair shot at the American dream. And we're going to be the party that really fights to protect planet Earth - enjoy whatever time we're going to get!
John Hickenlooper
Time
Rights
Party
Whatever
Enjoy
Everybody
Earth
Dream
Civil
Civil Rights
Fair
Equal
Democratic
Protect
Democratic Party
Fairness
Always
Get
American
Gets
Going
American Dream
Planet
Shot
Planet Earth
Really
Fights
In the restaurant business, you learn quickly there's no margin in having enemies.
John Hickenlooper
You
Business
Enemies
Restaurant
Restaurant Business
Having
Learn
Quickly
Margin
You never see Coke and Pepsi doing attacks to each other. It would depress the product category of soft drinks.
John Hickenlooper
You
Coke
Other
Would
See
Pepsi
Attacks
Drinks
Never
Category
Doing
Depress
Product
Each
Soft
The vice president can play a real role in that, in helping solve some of the biggest problems in the country.
John Hickenlooper
Problems
Country
President
Solve
Some
Real
Role
Vice
Vice President
Biggest
Helping
Play
Some day, someone will do something wrong and there will be a scandal to report in the paper. When that happens, we will address it honestly and openly and try to deal with it as quickly and as fairly as we can, and keep moving the city forward.
John Hickenlooper
Day
Try
Will
Keep Moving
Honestly
Address
Paper
Scandal
City
Some
Someone
Something
Wrong
Openly
Fairly
Deal
Quickly
Report
Happens
Moving
Forward
Keep
I think we're in good shape, but the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is in some small way mitigated by the fact that we now have more people talking about it, thinking about it and working on it, so that we will be more vigilant and ready.
John Hickenlooper
Good
People
Will
Think
Thinking
Way
Hurricane
Hurricane Katrina
Some
About
More
Small
Good Shape
More People
Fact
Shape
Talking
Ready
Tragedy
Working
Vigilant
Katrina
Now
Denver is a city that will be far more defined by its future than its past.
John Hickenlooper
Future
Will
Past
Defined
City
More
Denver
Than
Far
If we want to close the achievement gap, build a well-educated workforce and responsible citizenry, we must start with our youngest children.
John Hickenlooper
Achievement
Build
Our
Responsible
Citizenry
Must
Well-Educated
Close
Children
Want
Workforce
Youngest
Gap
Start
Government requires bringing people together and genuinely hearing their issues. It requires the establishment and strengthening of community.
John Hickenlooper
Government
Together
People
Community
Genuinely
Issues
Hearing
Establishment
Requires
Bringing
Strengthening
Infrastructure is more than laying new roads and expanding transit: it's running the fiber and deploying new technologies for reliable, affordable Internet in every part of the state.
John Hickenlooper
Internet
Fiber
Every
State
Reliable
Running
More
Laying
Part
Roads
New
Expanding
Than
New Technologies
Affordable
Deploying
Infrastructure
Transit
Technologies
Too often, low-income Americans must choose between paying for medicine and having their heat shut off.
John Hickenlooper
Medicine
Too
Must
Having
Between
Off
American
Heat
Often
Low-Income
Choose
Paying
Shut
The policies we pursue to ensure safety and fairness for our citizens need to be applied equally - and people need to feel they are being applied equally - if we are to bring Americans together again.
John Hickenlooper
Together
People
Safety
Our
Ensure
Citizens
Pursue
Feel
Policies
Fairness
Equally
American
Being
Again
Applied
Bring
Need
From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon.
John Hickenlooper
Honeymoon
Subjective
Position
Especially during the first nine months, there was so much going on with trying to hire 55 people to run the city, it was hard to imagine any honeymoon.
John Hickenlooper
People
First
Honeymoon
Nine
Nine Months
Months
Run
City
Hire
Trying
Any
Going
Much
Hard
Imagine
The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.
John Hickenlooper
People
Important
Run
City
Talented
Talented People
Most
Most Important Thing
Does
Important Thing
Hire
Mayor
The Most Important
Thing
Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of them had anywhere near the experience I had in hiring people, holding them accountable, creating systems for accountability.
John Hickenlooper
Experience
People
Accountability
Holding
Else
Everyone
Everyone Else
Systems
Running
Some
Had
Talented
Talented People
None
Were
Hiring
Very
Accountable
Anywhere
Them
Creating
Who
Near
Last, in restaurants you spend a lot of time dealing with people who are very unhappy. Soup has been spilled on their laps, they've waited 10 minutes to get their check so they can leave, and you learn how to listen, I think, in a much more proactive way than government does.
John Hickenlooper
Government
Time
You
People
Unhappy
Think
Spend
Way
Has-Been
Spilled
Restaurants
Minutes
More
Check
Learn
Dealing
Does
How
Leave
Soup
Been
Waited
Lot
Very
Than
Get
Proactive
Listen
Much
Laps
Who
Last
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