Thomas Frank Quotes

Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of people directly employed by the federal government shrank. One of the factors that explained the difference was contracting.

Thomas Frank

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 21, 1965

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TimeGovernmentPeopleYouWill

One of the main things that's appealing about games is that you know a game can be won. It's an unusual game that's impossible to win.

Jesse Schell

WinGameImpossibleYouKnowGames

One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime.

Robert Morgan

PoetryTalkingYouPowerfulGoWay

I could not have been happier with 'The Lincoln Lawyer.' They got the essence, and the casting, starting with McConaughey, was just perfect.

Michael Connelly

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If you're working in theatre, you have all your days to spend with your children.

Rory Kinnear

ChildrenTheatreYouDaysWorking

The great thing about getting older is that you get a chance to tell the people in your life who matter what they mean to you.

Mike Love

LifeGreatGetting OlderPeopleYou

The federal government... knows how to put a missile in someone's room half way around the world with technology. Why don't we use some of that technology to save some lives here in America?

Michael Nutter

TechnologyGovernmentWorldSomeone

I think especially older people, and I count myself one, in the business - people get to know who you really are. So there comes a time when you can't just go in and audition without everybody knowing exactly how you've brought up your kids, what you said at the meeting, what kind of food you cook.

Mimi Kennedy

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I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it.

Liza Minnelli

HelpEarlyMeanGetDiseaseLearned

Being a TV star is a great gift. Everyone treats you royally.

Judy Sheindlin

GreatGiftYouEveryoneStarBeing

We've been sitting at the compromise table for a long time. We're just waiting for that cold chair to be warmed up by the Republican leadership. They still have time to do the right thing and be responsible. They just seem to be moving further and further away from it.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

LeadershipTimeDo The Right Thing

Maybe it goes away, but this is the way I've chosen to live: I want to go down or rise up as an artist. I don't want to get swept up in lipstick or whatever the hell.

Brie Larson

LiveHellArtistRiseDownLipstick

The world today doesn't please me.

Brigitte Bardot

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