#bs

Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes. ↗

— Rob Portman

#been #countries #economy #europe #focused

I once made love to a taco shell stuffed with rancid meat and watery tomato bits. It was the best sex I’ve ever served to an unsuspecting customer. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#bizarre #customer #dining #food #funny

I'm really more prolific than most stand-ups. My act changes. I do fold in new experiences, new observations, whatever you want to call it. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#call #changes #experiences #fold #i

Write a lot. And finish what you write. Don't join writer's clubs and go sit around having coffee reading pieces of your manuscript to people. Write it. Finish it. I set those rules up years ago, and nothing's changed. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#around #changed #clubs #coffee #finish

Connecting people to jobs and to each other is absolutely vital to a city's economy (and to the wider economy). ↗

— Lucy Powell

#city #connecting #each #economy #jobs

People rightly want our political leaders - on all sides - to concentrate on minimising the damage to jobs, living standards and our savings from the banking crisis. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#concentrate #crisis #damage #jobs #leaders

Behavioral psychologists have observed that wanting something has a much stronger emotional impact than the pleasure that comes once you have it, or the memory of having had it. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#comes #emotional #had #having #impact

The U.S. has more broadband subscribers than any country other than China. Americans rank at the top in their use of the web, and numerous studies validate that the U.S. is a global innovation powerhouse. The leading Internet and e-commerce companies are located here. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#broadband #china #companies #country #e-commerce

The 'information novel' shouldn't be a curiosity. It should be absolutely mainstream. ↗

— Richard Powers

#curiosity #information #mainstream #novel #should

I once tried to make lace - which has been a great obsession of women - unsexy. And I achieved it. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#been #great #i #lace #make