"It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because the growth of the economy would create an overflow of taxes that would fall into the government coffers."

-- Sidney Blumenthal

#Fall Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Government Quotes

“Instead of the primitive raw material economy, we will create a smart economy generating unique knowledge, new useful things and technologies. Instead of the archaic society, in which the leaders think and make decisions for everyone, we will become a country of intelligent, free and responsible people”

Source : "Medvedev wants Russia to go hi-tech" by Maxim Tkachenko, edition.cnn.com. November 12, 2009.
“The only problem with conjuring people is they insist on getting paid, unlike a writer who would do a reading for nothing.”

Source : Source: articles.chicagotribune.com
“Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader.”
“The numbing lists of things you were supposed to have as an American to make you happy, which ultimately, of course, don't. Those aren't the things that make you happy.”
“Nobody can do it for you.”
“We became a congresswoman, a stay-at-home mom, a filmmaker, and a journalist. And Lino and I taught our children that they could rise to even greater heights. They could become surgeons, CEOs, supreme court justices, secretary of state, and even president of the United States. We didn't teach our daughters that they were second-class citizens.”
“What I did to celebrate was I went home to my 535-square-foot apartment by myself and ate supper by myself. That was how I celebrated getting a record deal.”
“I had never seen a woman in such despair before. It was worse than death, it was a constant longing for death and a constant rejection of life. She lived like darkness in her own day.”

Source : Philippa Gregory (2004). “The Queen's Fool: A Novel”, p.337, Simon and Schuster

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