"Do you know what Margaret Thatcher did in her first Budget? Introduced VAT on yachts! It somewhat ruined my retirement"

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Source : "'Whatever the lady does is wrong'". www.theguardian.com. July 18, 2005.

Edward Heath

#Retirement Quotes #Vat Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“The Lord doesn't expect us to work harder than we are able. He doesn't (nor should we) compare our efforts to those of others. Our Heavenly Father asks only that we do the best we canâ€”that we work according to our full capacity, however great or small that may be.”
“You must understand, that for a daughter to protect her father's image is natural; Freud built a whole career around it.”

Source : Interview with Kristin McCracken, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 22, 2012.
“Anyone who has ever asked for directions knows you need two crucial pieces of information to get good results: a starting point and a destination.”

Source : "Reinventing the Federal Budget" by Mike Quigley, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1, 2010.
“I like 'Zorro.' I like people you can believe that don't have those stupid powers. That is the beauty of Zorro. He's just a guy working for the people, to save the people.”
“Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.”

Source : "Hand-made Fables".
“It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.”
“Inequality and hierarchy are natural, but that doesn't mean they are right, that doesn't mean there is isn't a productive tension between those forces and the forces of equality.”
“It's really important for people who are HIV positive to reach out to let other people know that they can be tested, they can find out they can still live a life -- a positive life, a happy life.”

Source : "First Lady Winds Up West Africa Trip". www.foxnews.com. January 18, 2006.

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