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billions businesses pay state taxes
There are businesses in our state that make billions and pay no taxes at all. Bob Gammage
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When it broke out in the mid 1990s, the web was society's first at-scale digital artifact. It spread in orders of ten, first thousands, then millions, then hundreds of millions of pages - and on it went, to the billions it now encompasses. John Battelle
billions country dollars spending
We're spending billions of dollars on a country that doesn't want us there. Sandra Taylor
billions china developing dollars lose unless
Unless something is done about China in the Doha round, the developing world will lose tens of billions of dollars in exports.
billions inside joined minute particles womb
The minute those two little particles inside a woman's womb have joined together, billions of decisions have been made. A thing like that has to come from entropy. Rex Stout
billions capital dollars former investors mitt pension private trust
Pension funds, endowments, and private investors trust Mitt Romney's former company Bain Capital enough to hand it billions of dollars in assets.
billions books books-and-reading cooked direct dollars employees enron executives investors lay lost millions thousands top victimized
Let's be direct here. These books were cooked by Lay and the other top executives who put hundreds of millions of dollars in their pockets, while the employees of Enron were victimized and hundreds of thousands of other investors lost billions of dollars.
billions dollars enterprise magnitude orders stop time worth
Enterprise Systems, I mean. And not just a little bit, either. Orders of magnitude wrong. Billions and billions of dollars worth of wrong. Hang-our-heads-in-shame wrong. It's time to stop the madness. Tim Bray
billions except familiar happening
We can no better imagine what will be happening on the moon 500 years from now than Columbus could imagine contemporary Manhattan. Except to say that it will be a place familiar to billions of people. Seth Shostak
concerned enter formal interest though work
Even though what I do does enter the market, it doesn't interest me. I am exclusively concerned with the formal qualities of my work. It is about the need and the right to self-expression. Louise Bourgeois
concerned people speaks understood voted yes
The people who voted yes understood the issue, and that is really what we are concerned about. I think it speaks for itself.
concerned conference high internet level managers people risks stocks taking trade understanding
The people who own Internet stocks are taking on a very high level of risk. Myself and most of the other managers at the conference are concerned about people who own and trade those stocks not understanding the risks they're taking.
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We are seeing a pullback on stocks because many investors are concerned with the outlook for interest rates and with the economy at the start of 2006. The rebound in oil in the past couple of days is also hurting some stocks, especially the ones related to consumer spending, such as retailers. Subodh Kumar
concerned corporate credit fears happening inflation people
There are some fears about inflation but people are even more concerned about what's happening in the corporate credit market.
concerned issue
We're not going to make an issue of it. We're more concerned who we're playing, not where we're playing.
concerned embraced special
We have a special site, a special location. We have a neighborhood that at first was concerned but now has embraced us for the most part. Donald Trump
concerned fences high kids school sword
We have some chain-link fences that are kind of high in back of the high school and we're concerned about kids getting hurt, so it's kind of a double-edged sword there.
concerned humans human-beings
I just see myself as a human being that's concerned about life. Charlie Haden
congress
We want to show Congress that we're not criminals, we are hard-working people. Jose Cruz
congress cut fight looking mary miami older point rest sent smith thinking women
The point is, am I going to let Mary Smith and these other nice, older women be sent out of here thinking they'll have a voucher for the rest of their lives, when Congress is looking to cut the program? They're going to be in Miami somewhere, and they'll be homeless. That's why the fight is going on.
congress information problem sharing
We have no problem notifying Congress and sharing information with the Hill.
congress enormous far impact issue peace prospects prosperity states united
What the United States Congress does on this issue will have an enormous impact on the prospects of peace and prosperity in the far East, Al Gore
congress control focus public
What the public wants, and what Congress will focus on, is getting control of our border. Tamar Jacoby
congress shoot time
When first graders shoot first graders, it's time for Congress to do what's right for America's families. Bill Clinton
congress decided large members
While many members of Congress have some reservations, members of Congress by and large have decided this is the right thing to do at the right time. But now he must take this to the public, Martin Frost
congress declaring majority obama opposed package polls present produced uproar whether wisely
Whether wisely or not, one of the first priorities of the incoming Obama administration was to present a package of healthcare benefits, which, to no one's surprise, produced an uproar in Congress and an assortment of polls declaring that the majority of Americans were opposed to it. Sherwin B. Nuland
congress control courts executive influence members offices regional states whether
Whether it's the courts or regional offices of executive agencies, members of Congress want some control over how things are done in their states or districts. As long as they have some influence over the picks, they like the patronage system. David Lewis
deficit severe space
UH-Downtown has a very severe space deficit at this time. David Bradley
deficit
Social Security has not contributed to the deficit problem. Kent Conrad
deficit drought height lake level lowest
We're actually more in a deficit than we were at the height of the drought when the lake was at its lowest level back on Nov. 20.
deficits far limit
There is a limit to how long and how far deficits can be sustained, Alan Greenspan
deficit difficult further light lowering near pay
Lowering the deficit further in the near term, however, will be difficult in light of the need to pay for post-hurricane reconstruction and relief,
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The overall trade performance was dragged down by a fifth successive deficit in oil trade and a reduced surplus in services.
deficits economy embarked government large path permanent policy public soon unsound
The path of large and permanent deficits on which the government has embarked is unsound public policy and should be reversed as soon as the economy permits.
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The outlook remains poor. Production cutbacks at Ford and GM, mediocre personal income growth and record trade deficits all bode poorly for economic growth and jobs creation.
deficits economic ford growth income jobs mediocre outlook personal poorly production record remains trade
The outlook remains poor, ... Production cutbacks at Ford and GM, mediocre personal income growth and record trade deficits all bode poorly for economic growth and jobs creation.
dollars hiv cost
Pharmaceutical companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in new HIV/AIDS treatments not out of altruism but because they can make up those research costs in sales. David Mixner
dollars poor taxpayers
In business, poor performance leads to bankruptcy or, at a minimum, a restructuring of the company. In American education, failure entitles the bankrupt system to even more taxpayer dollars. Cal Thomas
dollars quarters billions
Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like. Carl Icahn
dollars exists interest pint rates sell sold spike upset value
The possibility exists that they would get upset with us at some pint and sell dollars. And if they sold all those dollars right away, the value of the dollar would plummet, interest rates would spike and the U.S. would go into a recession.
dollars millions raise work
You don't have to raise millions of dollars to be successful, you just have to work on something you are passionate about. Nick Woodman
dollars three roles
Economics played a role. Raleighs have gone from six fifty to nine dollars a carton, but there's a three-quarter cent coupon on the back. You can get all kinds of things with them, blenders, everything. I saved up enough one time and got Al Bumbry. Earl Weaver
dollars cost
Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having. Elizabeth Arden
dollars raw-materials plowing
He [Thomas Edison] considered [money] as a raw material, like metal, to be used rather than amassed, and so he kept plowing his funds into new projects. Several times he was all but bankrupt. But he refused to let dollar signs govern his actions. Charles Edison
dollars rich made
I never cared about money. I'm not destined to be a rich woman. I'm destined to be a woman who makes a lot of money and never has any. I've made millions and millions and millions of dollars and I just spend it. Cher
finding-peace peace-on-earth teach
The person who finds peace inside and lives it, is the one who teaches what true peace is. Byron Katie
finding ourselves
We started off slow, but we're finding ourselves in each and every game.
finding-the-one littles interest
You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work. And that is a little sad, one often feels strangely restricted, not finding time to simmer, although one actually has many interests. Arne Jacobsen
finding-yourself fame illness
There's probably no experience more alienating than fame, other than a terminal illness, where you actually find yourself in a situation that nobody around you can relate to. Diablo Cody
finding-someone share something-you-love
Success is finding something you love to do, getting paid to do it and finding someone to share it with. Dick Clark
findings
Got to start by finding it, have we? Can't start by looking for it, I suppose? C. S. Lewis
finding obsession truth
When you're working for yourself and your own obsession with finding the truth, you're at your own mercy. Errol Morris
finding guru joining work
I don't like the idea of spirituality done the way it's done. The only way I could understand it was through creativity, not by going to an Ashram, or finding a guru or joining a temple. I made work out of it.
finding presumably proposal realistic takes today
What they presumably need to do today is come up with something that is realistic enough and acknowledges enough of the judge's finding that he takes the proposal seriously.
keeping-secrets people kept-secrets
A secret's worth depends on the people from whom it must be kept. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
keeping primary responsibility safe
We are a very safe community. His primary responsibility is keeping us safe. Bill Coleman
keeping military personnel possible reflection seeing
What we're seeing is the reflection of two developments -- first of all, the U.S. military being more and more into a force-protection mode, keeping its military personnel as unexposed as possible to fighting.
keeping pick trading whether
We're going to look at any and all options. Whether it's keeping the pick or trading or whatever. Bob McNair
keeping motivational opponent preparing routine
We?re back to preparing for each opponent and keeping a routine going. Right now, we?re really out of our motivational gimmicks.
keeping meant relevant taught worth
I was always taught that book keeping was more relevant than book reading. The only thing worth reading was meant to be a balance sheet. Ashwin Sanghi
keeping
When I look for a woman, I look for one that's real - that's keeping it 100. I rather someone know that they're sexy and not show it. Jeremih
keeping-secrets mind important
But it is important always to keep in mind that the danger of harming humans is not connected only or even mainly with telling secrets, there can be great danger in keeping secrets. Daniel Ellsberg
keeping smaller state talking
She is talking about keeping those cuts. It's a smaller state financially and population-wise for some time.
lows involuntary homage
Detestation of the high is the involuntary homage of the low. Charles Dickens
lows lowest
It's true in life, as in the movies, that the greatest highs are often followed by the lowest lows. Cary Elwes
low warm
We are at the low end of what we were predicting. It was a little better than expected, I guess. It was just so warm and wet. A lot of it was melting.
lowest man
When I was in London at NBC, I was the lowest man on the totem pole. I would go to diplomatic receptions to meet people. Leslie Cockburn
lower
Most organisations do not actively seek out input from their lower echelons.
lower months move
We're going to move lower from here. It's not going to take months and months to get all these refineries back.
low
When we get it down low to Ryan, we do pretty good.
lower man sleeping somewhere ticket
What's lower than writing a man a ticket for sleeping on the street? If he had somewhere else to go, don't you think he'd be there? Gary Jones
lower safe sure work
We're doing everything we can to make sure it's safe to live and work in Lower Manhattan. Michael Brown
morning stars moon
The night crept on apace, the moon went down, the stars grew pale and dim, and morning, cold as they, slowly approached. Then, from behind a distant hill, the noble sun rose up, driving the mists in phantom shapes before it, and clearing the earth of their ghostly forms till darkness came again.
morning light long-ago
I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so, the evening mists were rising now, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw no shadow of another parting from her.
morning air giving
The great grindstone, Earth, had turned when Mr. Lorry looked out again, and the sun was red on the courtyard. But, the lesser grindstone stood alone there in the calm morning air, with red upon it that the sun had never give, and would never take away.
morning halloween night
I recollected one story there was in the village, how that on a certain night in the year (it might be that very night for anything I knew), all the dead people came out of the ground and sat at the heads of their own graves till morning.
morning life-and-love up-early
Possibly we might even improve the world a little, if we got up early in the morning, and took off our coats to the work.
morning sunday waiting
On Sunday morning, I'm not nervous... I can't wait to tell what God wants me to say. Charles Stanley
morning heart years
The morning glory which blooms for an hour differs not at heart from the giant pine, which lives for a thousand years. Alan Watts
morning thinking looks
To define is to limit, to set boundaries, to compare and to contrast, and for this reason, the universe, the all, seems to defy definition....Just as no one in his senses would look for the morning news in a dictionary, no one should use speaking and thinking to find out what cannot be spoken or thought.
morning teenage years
I really can't be bothered going to a barber. And shaving every morning, that's nightmarish. I spent my teenage years covered in tiny little bits of toilet paper. Alan Moore
reducing sentences
'Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes. Kamala Harris
saving investment savings
Don't emphasise money if you don't have much; be happy Dave Barry
saving-money easy toothpaste
Money in the bank is like toothpaste in the tube. Easy to take out, hard to put back. Earl Wilson
saving problem economic
Gorbachev was acutely aware of the [USSR] economic problems, and it was central to all he did. He wanted to change the system in hopes of saving it. In the end he could not. David Hoffman
saving worried danger
Sam Snead will fly anywhere in my plane with me. Sam's not as worried about the danger as he is about saving money. Arnold Palmer
saving investment profit
Nobody ever lost money taking a profit Bernard Baruch
saving might france
I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then. Charles de Gaulle
saving taxes accounts
Spend less than you make; always be saving something. Put it into a tax-deferred account. Over time, it will begin to amount to something. This is such a no-brainer. Charlie Munger
saving dear poor-richard
All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful Benjamin Franklin
saving environment our-environment
What reminds you in your environment about saving? Nothing. Dan Ariely
sometimes failing should
Do what is beyond your strength even should you fail sometimes. Charles Stewart Parnell
sometimes enjoy my-own
I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes. Dave Chappelle
sometimes humans persons
You're not a bad person. But you sometimes do bad things. You know what that makes you? Human. David D. Burns
sometimes wonder sometimes-i-wonder
Sometimes, I wonder what I'm doing here. Cesar Romero
sometimes said shows
I didn’t just show up for work, as has sometimes been said. I also showed up to work. Cal Ripken, Jr.
sometimes coastal
I live a bi-coastal and sometimes tri-coastal life. Bryan Batt
sometimes readership seems
I'm sometimes sort of in touch with the readership, and they seem to have perceptive questions, for the most part. Bryan Lee O'Malley
sometimes splendid wells
Well, very splendid and very frightening. But splendid things are often frightening. Sometimes, it's the fright that makes them splendid at all. Catherynne M. Valente
sometimes figures easier
Sometimes it's easier to understand things than it is to figure them out Casey Stengel
sports play interesting
It is interesting that Hindus, when they speak of the creation of the universe do not call it the work of God, they call it the play of God, the Vishnu lila, lila meaning play. And they look upon the whole manifestation of all the universes as a play, as a sport, as a kind of dance — lila perhaps being somewhat related to our word lilt
sports song thinking
I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs. Alan Parsons
sports careers race
So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport its the longterm. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race. Alain Prost
sports squash drivers
I was looking at the history of the sport and I couldn't understand why there have been so many good South American drivers, especially Brazilians.
sports winning thinking
When you win a race like this the feeling is very, very good. There have been times when I have been flat-out to finish sixth, but you can't see that from the outside. In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. I pushed like mad, yet everyone was gathered around the winner and they were thinking that I was just trundling around. But that's motor racing. So in fact the only thing you can judge in this sport is the long term. You can judge a career or a season, but not one race.
sports thinking throwing
I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another. Al Oerter
sports team hate
I think the Cowboys are one of only two teams in all of sports that engender love and hate to that extreme. The other is the Yankees. You love the Yankees or you hate the Yankees. Al Michaels
sports vanity play
It's the bane of both the news and sports businesses, both electronic and print - 'You heard it here first!' Who cares? That's nothing but a vanity play. If it's not right, it's garbage.
sports believe miracle
Do you believe in miracles?
taxes cents
I don't like paying 50 per cent of tax. Alan Sugar
taxes
In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.
taxes raises uncertainty
You dont raise taxes in times of such uncertainty. Jason Chaffetz
taxes
We can't live without taxes, but we sure would like to have good ones. Charles Adams
taxes knows
You're not getting this back you know. Consider it an asshole tax. Chuck Palahniuk
taxes goods household
Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods. Ambrose Bierce
taxes wealthy great-things
If you really look, it's not a tax - it's really not a great thing for the wealthy. It's a great thing for the middle class. It's a great thing for companies to expand.
taxes
As far as my tax returns, you don't learn that much from tax returns.
taxes wealthy mess
Trickle-down did not work. It got us into the mess we were in, in 2008 and 2009. Slashing taxes on the wealthy hasn't worked.
waking corpses left
A corpse is what's left after waking too often. Cesare Pavese
waking tvs wake-up
I'm waking up to say I tried, instead of waking up to another TV guide. Avril Lavigne
waking
I can't seem to shake waking up early.
waking scales awake
I woke at intervals until . . . the intervals of waking tipped the scales, and I was more often awake than not. Annie Dillard
waking hours
I work virtually every waking hour. Alvin Toffler
waking pretending difficult
There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep. Desmond Tutu
waking
It can be anything from him waking up to having a seizure, or it could be involuntary.
waking
There are things around, and I know where they can be got quite easily, but I quite like waking up to the sunshine. Terry Pratchett
waking wake-up noon
When I'm not working, I definitely I like waking up at noon. Jena Malone