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I do not believe we will have a war with Iran.
John Kennedy
War
Will
Believe
Iran
Nobody's indispensable.
John Kennedy
Indispensable
Nobody
Too many people treat parenting like it's the 20th item on their to-do list.
John Kennedy
Parenting
People
Treat
Too Many People
Too
Like
Item
List
Many
I think the American people, with some justification, think that most politicians live in la-la land.
John Kennedy
People
Politicians
Live
Think
I Think
Some
Most
American
Justification
Land
American People
If people lose faith in their government, the result is the same whether or not the loss of confidence is justified.
John Kennedy
Faith
Government
Confidence
People
Result
Lose
Loss
Same
Whether
Justified
What I think we need to do is pass a bill that says number one, you own your data. Number two, you can license it to Facebook but the licensing has to be knowing, it has to be willful.
John Kennedy
You
Facebook
Own
Think
I Think
Says
Willful
License
Licensing
Data
Knowing
Pass
Bill
Your
Number
Two
Need
I looked the people of Louisiana in the eye and told them exactly what I thought in terms that normal people use.
John Kennedy
People
Thought
Eye
Exactly
Exactly What
Looked
Terms
Normal
Normal People
Louisiana
Them
Use
Anyone who's looked into a newborn's innocent eyes should realize how incredible it is to be blessed with a new life.
John Kennedy
Life
Eyes
New Life
Innocent
Blessed
Incredible
New
Looked
How
Anyone
Newborn
Realize
Should
I've always appreciated a turn of phrase.
John Kennedy
Phrase
Always
Turn
Appreciated
Our rights are not absolute. Our rights can be curtailed in the interest of public safety.
John Kennedy
Rights
Safety
Our
Absolute
Interest
Public
Public Safety
Courts are grappling with what it means to be 'part of' al Qaida or the Taliban - every case poses a unique challenge, involving individuals with a different degree and type of connection to these terrorist organizations.
Tony West
Challenge
Degree
Every
Type
Case
Part
Individuals
Taliban
Involving
Terrorist
Courts
Different
Means
Organizations
Grappling
Connection
Unique
Al
Poses
When you look at the trajectory of autonomous vehicles, I think you can look at the trajectory of other industries whether it's aviation, I think is a really good one to look at, and you'll see there's always an evolution as the technology gets better and better.
Tony West
Good
You
Technology
Better
Think
Other
I Think
Evolution
See
Vehicles
Look
Industries
Always
Trajectory
Gets
Whether
Autonomous
Really
Aviation
I fell in love with this idea that you could press a button and an SUV would show up. That idea of bringing mobility to places where it hadn't been an easy option - that was a pretty compelling mission. It was a huge, huge challenge.
Tony West
Love
You
Challenge
Press
Would
Easy
Pretty
Could
Idea
Mission
Fell
Been
Mobility
Huge
Up
Option
Where
Places
Show
Compelling
Button
Bringing
You never want to make big decisions when you are emotionally charged.
Tony West
You
Big
Charged
Never
Emotionally
Make
Want
Decisions
I do think there is magic that made Uber possible, made that disruption possible, made that innovation possible, and was critical to its success. I believe you can still have the magic that underlies that and yet be a compliant company.
Tony West
Success
You
Innovation
Made
Uber
Believe
Think
I Believe
Compliant
Possible
Critical
Magic
Still
Company
Disruption
Indeed, there's scarcely a week that goes by where I don't deal with a significant, often controversial national security issue.
Tony West
National
Indeed
Significant
Security
Scarcely
Week
Deal
Issue
National Security
Goes
Often
Controversial
Where
Drivers' work is outside the usual course of Uber's business, which is serving as a technology platform for several different types of digital marketplace.
Tony West
Work
Technology
Business
Digital
Uber
Types
Marketplace
Several
Outside
Drivers
Course
Different
Which
Usual
Platform
Different Types
Serving
Is safety a business imperative? Yes. But is it also the right thing to do? Yes. And it's important for companies to increasingly find that by doing the right thing, they're fulfilling their business imperative.
Tony West
Business
Doing The Right Thing
Safety
Important
Increasingly
Right Thing
Find
Imperative
Also
Doing
Yes
The Right Thing
Fulfilling
Companies
Right
Thing
At the scale that Uber operates, we're going to see both the good and the bad that happens in society because we're operating so many trips every single day.
Tony West
Good
Day
Uber
Single
Every
Society
Scale
Bad
See
Trips
Both
Operating
Single Day
Because
Going
Happens
Many
Every Single Day
It's become sort of second nature whenever we get into a car to buckle up. It has to be second nature before you get into a car to ask, 'Hey, who are you here to pick up?'
Tony West
Nature
You
Car
Become
Before
Hey
Pick
Sort
Up
Get
Whenever
Ask
Who
Second
Here
Second Nature
I didn't go to law school wanting to be a lawyer.
Tony West
Law
School
Lawyer
Law School
Go
Wanting
So I feel comfortable that Uber is a very safe mode of transportation.
Tony West
Uber
I Feel
Feel
Safe
Comfortable
Very
Mode
Transportation
I was fortunate enough to have this career that spanned the public and private sectors so I thought I was well-prepared to be able to take on some of the challenges that Uber presented.
Tony West
Challenges
Thought
Uber
Enough
Sectors
Able
Some
Take
Private
Public
Fortunate
Career
Presented
Silicon Valley has always been in my blood.
Tony West
Valley
Silicon
Silicon Valley
Always
Been
Blood
I propose a full day of live one-on-one debates on unannounced issues, with no aides to help or reply. Each candidate would be paired with another candidate for seven 60-minute sessions.
Zephyr Teachout
Day
Live
Aide
Seven
Would
Would-Be
One-On-One
Propose
Another
Issues
Debates
Reply
Candidate
Full
Help
Each
In the absence of relative equality - quid pro quo - a court might question whether there was an actual contract. If I give you a dollar, and you give me a mansion, our contract would lack quid pro quo.
Zephyr Teachout
Me
You
Equality
Our
Relative
Would
Give
Give Me
Absence
Court
Dollar
Question
Contract
Quid
Pro
Lack
Quo
Whether
Might
Mansion
Actual
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