"The estate taxes, on balance, are good. They get people to give money to charity, and they prevent these family dynasties which keep other people from having opportunities. It may be good for a family, but for society it's probably not good. And I've always been in favor of having an estate tax."

-- Michael Bloomberg

#Opportunity Quotes #Giving Quotes #People Quotes

“Readers of novels are a strange folk, upon whose probable or even possible tastes no wise book-maker would ever venture to bet.”

Source : 1932 Reading,Writing and Remembering, ch.1.
“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”
“There is no such thing as a leap into literacy.”
“Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement.”
“D'you ever wonder what it would be like if our positions were reversed?' I ask. At Jack's puzzled look I continue. 'If we whites were in charge instead of you Crosses?' 'Can't say it's ever crossed my mind,' Jack shrugs. 'I used to think about it a lot,' I sigh. 'Dreams of living in a world with no more discrimination, no more prejudice, a fair police force, an equal justice system, equality of education, equality of life, a level playing field...”
“I do not think we are ever going to be able to, for a long time, get the kind of quality of school personnel that we need in our schools, especially in the areas of science and math. One of the answers to that problem is to use more educational technology.”
“People keep asking me, 'What evil lurks in you to play such bad characters?' There is no evil in me, I just wear tight underwear.”
“My girlfriend tells me if I'm doing a movie I'm a roller coaster of emotions all the time, but on 'Boardwalk,' because I've done it for so long and I'm so in tune with the character, she says I'm pretty happy most of the time.”

Source : "Jack Huston on Playing ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Masked Fan Favorite Richard Harrow and Making Peace With the Possibility of Getting Killed Off". Interview with Jason Guerrasio, www.indiewire.com. November 16, 2012.

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