"Americans spend about 6 billion hours a year collecting the data and filling out the forms. We spend $10 billion to H&R Block and other preparers. And on top of that, $2 billion in tax preparation software, which still takes hours of work. It's outrageous the burden we put on people, and guess what, you go to Europe, you go to Japan, it's 15 minutes and costs nothing."

-- T.R. Reid

#Block Quotes #People Quotes #Preparation Quotes

“What we've found is a whole new pattern of change that we hadn't thought of before. They changed their attitude toward the colony over time - and they really adapted to the reality they found in Virginia.”
“Follow your heart, Ithilnin," Albirich repeated. "Time is precious. Don't waste it living someone else's life.”
“I often get disoriented on stage. Half the time I don't even know where I am.”
“Be sure to ‘notice’ ideas when you have them. Stop. Take the time to consider them seriously. And if your gut tells you they're compelling, be fearless in their pursuit . we live life only once. So, rather than avoiding the risk of trying, avoid the risk of not trying. Nothing is more haunting than thinking, ‘I wish I had’.”
“I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.”
“In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.”
“RULERS should be careful about what songs are allowed to be sung.”
“One should be intelligent enough to know when not to be too intellectual”

Source : Sol LeWitt (1995). “Sol Lewitt: critical texts”, Power House Books

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