"My personal taxes are 53% of my taxable income. That's 36% on the federal level and 17% for state and local."

-- Stephen A. Schwarzman

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“Why didn't children ever see that they could damage and harm their parents as much as parents could damage and harm children?”

Source : Laura Z. Hobson (2011). “Consenting Adult”, p.80, Open Road Media
“The truth is overrated.”
“The whole world may not understand me, but I donâ€™t care.”
“drama is made up of what people most fear and deny in themselves. The taboos. The secrets. The devils and the demons. The only reason they let us live, I suppose, is because somebody has to confront what those things are like and tell other people about them.”

Source : Elizabeth Ashley, Ross Firestone (1979). “Actress: Postcards from the Road”, Fawcett Books
“The way I was taught, being black was a plus, always. Being a human being, being in America, and being black, all three were the greatest things that could happen to you. The combination was unbeatable.”
“Teaching is a strategic act of engagement.”
“It is not a persuasive argument that an evil should continue because it has existed in the past.”
“I really, really love children and I think probably among children is when I feel mostly berated. It's not like I feel like oh, there's some children here. I have to tone it down. I go nuts with children especially when I ain't got none. So when I'm round my mates' children, I jest them kids up first. I swear at them, I get more worked up, I say crazy stuff to them, fill their heads with nonsense and then I leave them.”

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