"I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work and extend the payroll tax cut."

-- Jacob Lew

#Cutting Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Priorities Quotes

“I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, "What happened next?”
“Sometimes I imagine colors as if they were living ideas, being of pure reason with which to communicate. Nature is not on the surface, it is deep down.”
“Rewrite formula: 2nd Draft = 1st Draft - 10%.”
“Fact is often stranger than fiction because most writers of fiction try to make their stories plausible.”
“Charity should be blind to everything but need. Our personal feelings should not determine whose starvation is legitimate.”
“The desire for true happiness is nothing to feel ashamed about.”
“We're all unique as actors. To yourself, you are unique, you have to think 'I'm me, I'm not going to bunch myself with other people.' Agents and producers have to get you into a box, to accommodate their limited imaginations.”

Source : "I'm not in that league" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2004.
“I'm 190 pounds of rock hard muscle, underneath 40 pounds of sturdy protective fat.”

Source : John Swartzwelder (2004). “The Time Machine Did It”

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