T.R. Reid Quotes
The Value-Added Tax, a sales tax that applies at every level of business transactions, is an easy tax for governments to collect, and a hard tax to evade.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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Being evil is easy.
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We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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Being onstage is just a feeling that you cannot duplicate anywhere else because the energy that the audience is giving you forces you to give more energy. It's such an output and exchange of energy. You can't do that anywhere else.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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A lot of the music I write is about love. Sometimes I won't understand how I am feeling until I write a song about it.
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I got a big mouth.
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As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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I have opposed the Communist cold war line ever since, both by public utterance and by private help to trade unionists breaking free from the Communist influence.
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I could go off into the wilderness and write fantasy novels for the rest of my life and probably be happy; but I always want to challenge myself.
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Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.
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I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.
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The problem was just a mean attitude that festers and has to be challenged.
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For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God.
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When you rebound the ball we're able to move the ball, and we want to get out and run, try to get guys some easy baskets. We don't want to come out and play a half-court game all the time.
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There's great value in being able to step back and laugh at yourself, at life and at attitudes. Laughter helps you put everything into perspective.
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Fashion is nothing more than the temporary custom of rich and idle people who make it their principal business to study the external elegance of life.
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The Value-Added Tax, a sales tax that applies at every level of business transactions, is an easy tax for governments to collect, and a hard tax to evade.
