#kin

The Bush tax cuts should be extended permanently for families with annual incomes of less than $250,000 and should be phased out slowly for those making more than that. Raising taxes on anyone now, when the economic recovery is so fragile, would be a mistake. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#anyone #bush #bush tax cuts #cuts #economic

I think the executives at the studios today realize that it's easier and safer to go the - to some known territory which is a remake of a successful film. It's less chancy than taking a fresh idea. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#executives #film #fresh #go #i

The technology is really where all of the changes have taken place, but the fundamentals of a good story being the basis of every good picture, and really the only basis still remains the rule, more so today, I think, because we've unfortunately weaned an audience from birth to kind of mindless movies. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#basis #because #being #birth #changes

These last few years, working with Tim Burton, it's been the best time I've ever had. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#best #best time #burton #ever #few

I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible. ↗

— Ahmet Zappa

#had #i #inside #invisible #making

Music can be so disturbing and frustrating. I mean the business side of it. The actual making music part is fun, but the business side of it is just so out of control, has nothing to do with anything. ↗

— Dweezil Zappa

#anything #business #control #disturbing #frustrating

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#beer #country #football #football team #helps

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#making #nothing #out #selling #something

Your own experience keeps taking you towards something. My book adds the hope that it's a better something. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#better #book #experience #hope #keeps

The idea of licking stamps seemed great fun for me. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#great #idea #licking #me #seemed