Bill Delahunt Quotes
Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001.
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Dementia resembles delirium in the same way an ultra-marathon resembles a dash across the street. Same basic components, vastly different scale. If you've run delirium's course once or twice in your life, try to imagine a version that never ends.
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People sort of went crazy when 'BTWAM' came out. I'm happy a bunch of people read it. I'm happy it touched so many people. I'm less happy that it became an object for certain folks or was discussed that way. I'm less happy that journalists started scrolling through my kid's Instagram account.
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I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.
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I did not want to go out at 5:30 in the morning with my stocking cap and my navy pea coat on and shoot lines and grades for the rest of my life.
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl. I am now competing in an arena where I can hold my head high. I feel quite confident in what I'm doing now, much more than the singing. I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.
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I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over.
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I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
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I love Niecy Nash. I would take a vacation with the lady. She is just delightful.
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I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind me.
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You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much.
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In Toledo, people grow out. Out to the suburbs. Out to the parts of America where the economy is more vigorous. And all too often, out to 48-inch waistbands.
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It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.
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I see the root of the education crisis in the primary and secondary schools. Academia is doing a fairly good job. The root of the problem is the teachers. Some are great. But too many of them are not capable of being good role models. They can't control the classes. They lose too much time trying to create a learning environment.
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People have to start realizing that money is just a fiction, an idea.
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He who commands an Apollo flight will not command a second one.
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If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag.
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People are just trying to work their jobs, raise their families, discipline their kids, and have a good life... Politics has just become like bad weather. And they deserve clear skies.
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I'm quite an odd little part of the Venn diagram. I'm not a movie star and beautiful in that way. I do an odd thing that's funny and sad, and my face and my old body can take that.
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The only men who aren't in fear of women's reactions are usually men who aren't born or who are dead.
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The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.
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Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing our country to its knees.
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Texas has no income tax, which is a big draw for corporate executives who do business there. But it's hardly tax-free. The property taxes are high for a Southern state. The sales taxes are high. One study found that the bottom 20 percent of the Texas population pays 12 percent of its income in state and local taxes.
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Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001.
