James Surowiecki Quotes

Unlike most government programs, Social Security and, in part, Medicare are funded by payroll taxes dedicated specifically to them. Some of the tax revenue pays for current benefits; anything that's left over goes into trust funds for the future. The programs were designed this way for political reasons.

James Surowiecki

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There are some aspects of the diagram that I wish I had expressed a little more clearly.

Jesse James Garrett

WishMoreI WishClearlyLittleHad

If pushed to say what I like about Elizabeth, who, as I'm sure most of you know, overtook Queen Victoria this week to become our longest-serving monarch, it would be her uncomplaining, getting-on-with-it ethic.

John Niven

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Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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My story is the story of countless millions of children whose families and nations were torn apart for money in the name of Jesus Christ.

Sinead O'Connor

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One of the important things about familiar form and metricality is that it draws attention to the physical nature of language: the spell-binding nature of it and the ceremony of articulation.

Tony Harrison

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I try to lie as much as I can when I'm interviewed. It's reverse psychology. I figure if you lie, they'll print the truth.

River Phoenix

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In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.

Roy Hattersley

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I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy.

Mike Birbiglia

ComedyI CanTryAlwaysHonestMost

Actually criminal sanctions that are given could be up to five years for violating the rules and regulations under the campaign finance reform. This is like the Alien and Sedition Act of years and years ago, decades ago.

Jay Alan Sekulow

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My niece was very much caught up in the vampire craze for young adults, and she thought having a vampire boyfriend would be a cool thing. What do you do on a first date? The more I thought about it, the more fun I had imagining what you'd serve a vampire for dinner.

Deborah Harkness

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The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.

Brian Eno

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I'm loving N.Y., and words can't even describe how happy I am to be here.

Bow Wow

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