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'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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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 can't see myself spending the rest of my life as a judge.
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Read a ton. Take a workshop course so you learn to give and get criticism.
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I can't switch time zones any more. London is one of my favourite places, but I'm always so zonked that I can't appreciate it. It's like a six-inch sheet of glass between me and Charing Cross Road.
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I think it's hard to compare 'Twitter' and 'Instagram'. Twitter has a more mature business.
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My mother was very, very beautiful, and I saw that the beautiful women around me were often constrained not only by their beauty but by the way that being an object of male desire frequently caused violence in their lives. And it caused them to be constrained in these terribly sad ways - their brilliance was not valued.
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I play every day. It's like a habit for me now. I just, if I don't play, I kind of miss - something's off.
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Government pensions are among the largest cost drivers for state and local governments.
