Sentences with phrase «durant said»

As Will Durant said, civilization exists by geologic consent.

Durant said he doesn't believe that the upstate minimum wage will stop at the current threshold of $ 12.50 an hour.

Durant said his group is particular unhappy with some Senate Republicans who he said did not fight hard enough against the increase.

«They feel that nothing negative is going to happen, and that this will just create an economic utopia for New York, and we disagree,» Durant said.

Durant said he is concerned about the new laws and how they might affect dissent and perhaps earn political retribution.

«It's like a balloon,» Durant said.

«Some advocates of this requirement have close ties to the Senate Republicans and they're trying to work those relationships to get this done,» Durant said.

«When analyzing the legislative session from a macro perspective it is very clear that the high profile issues, like minimum wage and paid leave, negatively impact small business while there are limited efforts to enact real, meaningful reform,» Durant said.

Durant said there is also a skills gap.

«It shows that this campaign is far more about the union worker than it is about the working poor or the people who are struggling in this state, and secondly, the fact that this issue two weeks from its deadline is paralyzed shows that it doesn't take money when you have real - life, emotional stories from the people who are actually impacted,» Durant said.

«I think that workers comp has proven to be the number one issue for NFIB, the business community writ large,» Durant said.

«It shows you how far this governor has gone to increase labor costs on small businesses,» Durant said.

National Federation of Independent Business State Director Mike Durant said in a phone interview that the combination of the minimum wage and small - business proposals sent a «fairly perplexing» message and called Sunday difficult to swallow.

«We're very disappointed that the rhetoric on this has taken the form of the one percent, 99 percent, class warfare,» Durant said.

Durant said he's pleased that the governor is saying there won't be a special session, but he said he's not letting down his guard yet.

But we think they should walk away and say no,» Durant said.

«We continue to appreciate the efforts by many lawmakers to stand firm and protect New York's small businesses and family farms, but continued resolve is necessary,» Durant said.

We're 46 - 14 and we've got one of the best road records in the league,» Durant said.

«That was the game right there, the first quarter and they have 42 points,» Durant said.

I was hurt for a few days because I know I hurt so many people in Oklahoma City by changing teams,» Durant said, per Anthony Slater of The Oklahoman.

«I've got to continue to leave my mark off the basketball court as well,» Durant said.

«I didn't leave my bed, because I was like, «Man, if I walk outside somebody might just try to hit me with their car or say anything negative to me,»» Durant said.

Kevin Durant said if the Warriors are invited, he will skip out on The White House visit after winning an NBA championship because he doesn't respect who's in office.

I still have to keep going,» Durant said.

«The stuff you hear about Steph as far as sacrificing and being selfless and caring about his teammates, caring about other people is real,» Durant said.

«Bullshit,» Durant said, via The Athletic's Anthony Slater.

«Basketball's like a rhythm game,» Durant said.

Kevin Durant said James Harden should replace me in the top 10... Note to self: Make him respect your place in history... again...

At the Thunder's 2016 exit interviews, Kevin Durant said this:

Kevin Durant says the Thunder will make Dion Waiters feel wanted, likes his toughness and believes he can be James Harden - like scoring-wise.

Durant says the best way to reduce costs for schools and local governments, and reduce property taxes, is to get rid of mandates on governing health care, pensions, and limits on construction contracts.

Durant says small businesses and others won't be fooled by the timing of the checks.

The group's Mike Durant says the proposal just shifts the tax burden from some homeowners to businesses, who would not be receiving rebates under the plan.

Durant says enacting a property tax was a key development in Albany in 2011, but going forward, the cap must be combined with mandate relief.

Durant says his group is particular unhappy with some Senate Republicans who he says did not fight hard enough against the increase.

Durant says he doesn't believe that the upstate minimum wage will stop at the current threshold of $ 12.50 an hour.

Durant says that advertisements for jurors will appear this month in regional newspapers.

«I don't see that there are easy solutions [to this] simply by recognizing the spiritual or intuitive side» of human nature, Durant says.

Not exact matches

The basketball star Kevin Durant, signed with rival Nike, said in an interview last month that «everybody knows» that «nobody wants to play in Under Armours.»

Ingraham concluded the segment saying James and Durant should «shut up and dribble,» an apparent reference to her book, «Shut Up and Sing.»

As a skater kid growing up in Southern California, Neff says mainstream athletes like Durant always seemed somehow unrelatable to him.

Aristotle is credited with saying these 15 famous words, though they're actually an interpretation of a passage from Aristotle's writings by historian Will Durant.

«This is the same Laura Ingraham who just a few weeks ago said that LeBron James and Kevin Durant and these athletes should just shut up and dribble,» the actor said.

The West has been rebarbarized, says Will Durant.

Says Durant: «I never got over my wonder that out of the ape and the jungle should have come at last a man able to conceive all humanity as one, able to love it, and suffer for it, without stint».

His church has come under scrutiny for everything from its congregants (Hillsong counts Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and Kevin Durant among its flock), to its stances («At this church, we are not saying «All Lives Matter,»» Lentz declared in Sep - tember), to Lentz's fashion choices (GQ dubbed him a «Hypepriest» for his col - lection of ultra-hip designer threads).

But that said... A good friend of mine who knows more about basketball than I do (he has coached HS, and is very involved with the game on a personal level) said he thinks at least two of the W's injuries are fake, specifically Durant's and Curry's.

He said he wants to be his own player, but sees parts of Tracy McGrady and Kevin Durant in his skill set.

«I like to watch a lot of Kevin Durant, Brandon Ingram and Giannis Antetokounmpo,» Knox said.

July 15: «You've got to focus on you,» says Durant after LaMarcus Aldridge decides to sign with the Spurs in the summer of 2015.