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[T]hese tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans are also the tax cuts that are least likely to promote growth.
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After my hip operation, I had to cut out butter, which I loved, and salt. I no longer eat desserts with lots of cream, and I've cut right back on alcohol.
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My sisters are amazing. My sister is my business partner, my twin. She's an amazing producer, writer. You know, we're just grinding and trying to make my mother proud as well as God.
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As a kid, I liked to write, but I didn't think that was a viable career choice. My dream, actually, was to be a white girl rapper and join Salt-N-Pepa - which obviously was a much more viable career choice.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.
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Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.
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Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.
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Defending peace is the duty of all.
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I have confidence in mining. I see exciting opportunities in it.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
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Belief is not restricted to a brief affirmation based on imitation; rather, it has degrees and stages of development. It is like a seed growing into a fully grown, fruit-bearing tree; like the sun's image in a mirror or in a drop of water to its images on the sea's surface and to the sun itself.
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Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.
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How you manage change can make all the difference.
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Key West is the place where your sickly house plant back in New York grows to 10 ft. It's also the place where an 8-ft. cactus, the century plant, produces a huge yellow flower every great once in a while, like a robot proffering a bouquet. After the plant flowers, it dies.
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Saying, 'I'm sorry' is the same as saying, ' I apologize.' Except at a funeral.
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A lot of times when I've been offered film series and stuff, if they shoot in Los Angeles, I lose interest.
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Give the devil his due.
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Being a poet in the States is quite different from being one in China, because in the States poetry depends on the universities for its support. They finance the poets and help them get published. That isn't so in China. But overall it is the same. You can't change society with poetry.
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[T]hese tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans are also the tax cuts that are least likely to promote growth.
