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When people begin anticipating inflation, it doesn't do you any good anymore, because any benefit of inflation comes from the fact that you do better than you thought you were going to do. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

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It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. ↗

— Voltaire

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The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third. ↗

— Voltaire

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Better is the enemy of good. ↗

— Voltaire

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The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. ↗

— Voltaire

#benevolent #best #government #occasional #tempered

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy. ↗

— Voltaire

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I'm a bit frightened of the idea of a full facelift because, when you look in the mirror, you want to look like yourself. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

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The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant juggernaut. That was lucky. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

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I kind of went into soap opera with 'General Hospital' in the '80s. It's like theater because every day it's a new script, which really doesn't have a beginning, middle or end like a play or a movie script. So you have to be on your toes and bring it every day. And you have to be spontaneous, which is really how I like to work. ↗

— Jack Wagner

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We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those soaps and now, a generation has grown up with the Internet and computers and video games. ↗

— Jack Wagner

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