Bruce Rauner Quotes
Government pensions are among the largest cost drivers for state and local governments.
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People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.
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I identify with the Clint Eastwoods and Harrison Fords. Those are my heroes.
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There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started.
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Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else, the one thing that set this country apart from all others was the Bill of Rights.
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You have to understand that while I pre-plot the meta story of a given book, I often have no idea of what will happen on the next page, let alone the next chapter. That's what makes it fun for me; I write the books the same way many people read them.
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One of the main ways that leadership stays in power is by, in various ways, convincing people that they should just let those who are in government govern: 'Trust us. Trust me. Just let us take care of things. Stay out of it.' Your opinions don't really matter. You are isolated. You are insignificant.
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'Holes' was my favorite book ever. So you know when you love a book and you hear it's being made into a movie and it makes you a little annoyed at first? But I would've loved to play the Shia LaBeouf role in that movie when I was younger. I just wanted to be the rebellious kid on the old digging camp.
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The business of America is business.
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He bit his lip in a manner which immediately awakened my maternal sympathy, and I helped him bite it.
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I think Bhutanese food - long dissed by every food writer out there - has gotten a bum rap.
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I'd rather be involved and somebody say, 'Hey, coach, here's what I need you to do. Go down to the D-League and work with guys'... I want the D-League coach to learn how to be a head coach.
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Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility.
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I know I've been lucky. But it's what you do with that luck afterwards that really defines whether you stick around.
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A lot of the vibe in London is being sucked dry because of the economic situation. It's very expensive, and it gives you nothing back. New York still feels like there's stuff going on. People are struggling to create art. There's still a vibe.
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Every time I get on an airplane I have a routine. I cover the inside of my nostrils with anti-bacterial ointment. I'm popping Zicam like it's candy. And I drink, literally, from L.A. to New York, six bottles of water.
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I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut.
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Like Thelma and Louise, Medicare and Social Security are headed for the cliff. And we are in the back seat.
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There is one evident, indubitable manifestation of the Divinity, and that is the laws of right which are made known to the world through Revelation.
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I'm not a victim - I'm a survivor of hunger, of hate, of different injustices that humans are facing today.
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As you know, I did not support the United States' engagement in Iraq and have long had concerns about Afghanistan... But I obviously have always been 100 percent supportive of our military.
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Did you work for the money to buy those earrings? Or did your Daddy buy those for you?
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I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically, except in narrative; grow weary of preparation, and connection, and illustration, and all those arts by which a big book is made.
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Government pensions are among the largest cost drivers for state and local governments.
