James Buchan Quotes

Unlike despotisms, modern democracies are not supposed promiscuously to accumulate property and then charge their taxpayers to maintain it. But that is what they do. Governments are always trying to extend their responsibilities and their estates, and it is very hard for parliaments to reign them in.

James Buchan

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TryingHardAlwaysPropertyModern

I truly believe the intention of creating positive change is so important to the collective consciousness. When you have a group of people that have the intention and the capacity, talent, and intelligence to actualize those intentions, then you have something really powerful.

Jimmy Chin

PositiveChangeIntelligenceTalent

I want to buy them, because historically these have been great engines of enrichment for the middle class, 'historically' meaning now for a good ten years.

Jim Cramer

GoodGreatMeaningNowWantClass

I should have been out there having a wild time like all the other girls my age, but I wasn't. I was going home every night to what was, initially, a very happy marriage.

Amanda Holden

MarriageHomeAgeTimeHappyNight

I'd love to be in a real boxing match, but I can't because of my face. I'm an actor!

Stephanie Sigman

LoveFaceBoxingActorRealBecause

When you are 15, everything is such high stakes, even tiny things. I think because of that, it is funny but sad at the same time.

Sophie Wu

FunnySadTimeThinkYouHigh

Eddie Izzard is wonderful, I think, but I've only seen that one HBO special he did. He's one of the few people who talk about stuff other than girlfriends and relationships and flatulence and genitalia. There are very few of them who actually talk about real stuff.

Tom Lehrer

PeopleThinkRelationshipsTalkReal

Songs are out there - they're waiting to be grabbed. I start with a phrase, musical and lyrical, words like 'I don't think so' and a nice riff. It rolls from there.

Ronnie Wood

WordsWaitingStartThinkNiceOut

Women's rights are women's rights. One of the things that woke me up was equal pay. I started thinking about it: Who is the leader of women? Take me to your leader. And there were no leaders.

Rose McGowan

LeaderWomenMeThinkingEqualPay

American food is the food of immigrants. You go back a couple of hundred years, and we were all immigrants, unless we're going to talk about Native American cuisine.

Ruth Reichl

FoodAmericanYouBackImmigrants

The notion of this 'emergency contact' is, Do you have someone who is holding you down? Do you know where to go if you're feeling bad? I keep likening it to assigning yourself a godparent of your choosing.

Mary H.K. Choi

YourselfSomeoneYouBadDownKnow

The reality is that during the Reagan years, for instance, we doubled the amount of revenue that we were sending to Washington, D.C. after the tax cuts took effect.

Mike Pence

RealityTaxWashingtonYearsRevenue

In the U.S., you have so many rules, everything's regulated and structured. When you make a mistake, you pay for it -a lot.

Jaromir Jagr

MistakeYouRulesEverythingPay

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