#ash

Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#answer #class #cliff #courage #crisis

They meant abnormal. Divisions of the kind were fashionable at that time, and it was so easy to stifle one's need to help by deciding that help could neither be accepted nor understood. ↗

— Janet Frame

#accepted #could #deciding #divisions #easy

Government is, by its very nature, a destroyer of liberties; the Obama administration, specifically, is promising to interfere with the economy and the health care system so profoundly that Washington will soon have us all in chains. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#care #chains #destroyer #economy #government

Not only do I have to live, right, I have to get some cash for my troubles - it's a scary thing, and people need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies. ↗

— Morgan Freeman

#cash #get #i #live #messages

So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#absolutely #activities #alternative #candle #clear

You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking. ↗

— Hayden Fry

#kicking #old-fashioned #rump #witnessed #you

I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our clothes, cooked our food, she did everything for us. I don't think I ever heard her complain a day in her life. She taught me responsibility towards my brother and sisters and the community. ↗

— Ernest Gaines

#clothes #community #complain #cooked #crippled

You can do a lot with Scotch tape. Almost anything! I love that you can hem a dress, and its an instant remedy in a fashion crises. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#anything #crises #dress #fashion #hem

I worked for the Office of Management and Budget in the White House, on nuclear energy policy. But I decided it would be much more fun to have a specialty food store, so I left Washington D.C. and moved to the Hamptons. And how glad I am that I did! ↗

— Ina Garten

#budget #decided #did #energy #energy policy

I do a lotta trash talking to keep me motivated, to keep me to not want to lose. ↗

— Tyson Gay

#i do #keep #lose #lotta #me