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Every book has an intrinsic impossibility, which its writer discovers as soon as his first excitement dwindles. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#discovers #every #excitement #first #his

When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same. ↗

— Byron Dorgan

#cut #expenses #face #first #government

They do not merely collect texts; they must also gather data about the context and the informant and, above all, write an analysis of the items based upon the course readings and lecture material on folklore theory and method. ↗

— Alan Dundes

#above #also #analysis #based #collect

The term 'cost shifting,' as I use it, refers to those items in a university's budget that used to be reimbursed by the federal government but are no longer paid for by them. ↗

— Charles Vest

#cost #federal #federal government #government #i

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. ↗

— Donald Trump

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There hasn't been this much excitement since the Romans fed the Christians to the Lions. ↗

— Sid Waddell

#christians #excitement #fed #hasn #lions

Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire - you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#away #dream #enthusiastic #excited #excitement

One of the people that I respect the most now, a person I think has done a heck of a lot for this world as a leader, is Margaret Thatcher. She helped create a world that offers us a lot of excitement as we look to the next century. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#create #done #excitement #heck #helped

I wanted to capture the excitement of house music, almost like a four-four beat, and the best way to do that was to use a language that was rhythmic and performative. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#beat #best #best way #capture #excitement

One of the first items of Congressional business in 2006 will be an effort to renew the USA Patriot Act. ↗

— Roger Wicker

#business #congressional #effort #first #items