"Over the next decade, cities and states across America will be compelled to tighten their belts as the really big bills - the pension bills they cannot afford - come due. They'll have to go after existing contracts with current workers."

-- John Podhoretz

#Cities Quotes #America Quotes #Bills Quotes

“Sometimes there a hundred lies behind a smile and not a single truth behind a tear.”
“Bluegrass is wonderful music. I'm glad I originated it.”
“I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them.”
“I have no doubts that the Devil grins, As seas of ink I spatter. Ye gods, forgive my â€œliteraryâ€ sins â€“ The other kind donâ€™t matter.”
“Compassion is ethical intelligence: it is the capacity to make connections and the consequent urge to act to relieve the suffering of others.”

Source : Will Tuttle (2007). “The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony”, p.35, Lantern Books
“It's getting late. I must return to my ship or my men will think I've drowned and be celebrating.”
“Staying true to my vision, to the word as it comes to me, to my own aesthetic judgments, even when they disagree with the majority culture, is very important to me, and I think important for every artist. It's what we have: our voice, our intuition, the truth as we understand and know it.”
“I don't want people to feel like they'd overdosed on too much candy.”

Source : "Violinist.com interview with Hilary Hahn". Interview with Laurie Niles, www.violinist.com. October 22, 2007.

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