"I think what grows the economy is when you get that tax credit that we put in place for your kids going to college. I think that grows the economy. I think what grows the economy is when we make sure small businesses are getting a tax credit for hiring veterans who fought for our country. That grows our economy."

-- Barack Obama

#Country Quotes #Kids Quotes #College Quotes

“What my father especially taught me was to not always take the safe road, the easy road. If you are going to do good work, you have to risk failing badly.”

Source : "My family and other actors". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2003.
“I don't feel that I was a Hollywood-created star.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Instead of playing with army men or whatever, I played golf, like for hours every day.”
“It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power. And in human terms garbage collectors would be preferable.”
“The most complex object in the known universe: brain, only uses 20 watts of power. It would require a nuclear power plant to energize a computer the size of a city block to mimic your brain, and your brain does it with just 20 watts. So if someone calls you a dim bulb, that's a compliment.”
“I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which I attended the law school. And I was one of the original sponsors of making the Martin Luther King birthday a federal holiday.”

Source : "Gephardt Admits Mistake on Race Issues in '70s", www.foxnews.com. January 11, 2004.
“I come from a newspaper background, so maybe Im attuned to current events.”
“I wrote six versions of a 30-second tease for an NBA game. You never get it right on the first try.”

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