#dec

It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#because #benefits #children #cloth #cut

Nobody wanted to touch Decline III when they found out what it was about. ↗

— Penelope Spheeris

#decline #found #iii #nobody #out

This war so far has cost us $125 billion and counting, because largely we decided to do it on our own, with only the United Kingdom as a paying, fully participating partner. ↗

— John Spratt

#billion #cost #counting #decided #far

I just decided I wanted to become someone else... So I became someone else. ↗

— Dusty Springfield

#become #decided #else #i #just

I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#apart #believe #certain #decree #determination

It's interesting that there are only two groups of people in our country who are not held accountable for their behavior or decisions. One is exempted by the constitution, and that is foreign diplomats. The other, through a loophole, is HMOs. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#behavior #constitution #country #decisions #diplomats

Los Angeles, I don't like that town. Too decadent, and it's slimy. ↗

— Layne Staley

#decadent #i #like #los #los angeles

When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality. ↗

— Anne Louise Germaine de Stael

#days #decline #first #immortality #life

The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do. ↗

— Joseph Stalin

#count #decide #election #people #votes

If ebooks mean that readers' freedom must either increase or decrease, we must demand the increase. ↗