#mount

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. ↗

— Plato

#income #income tax #just #less #man

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#circumstance #every #i #made #me

My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#center #depend #interest #paintings #same

Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

#exact #i #i do #little #me

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#any #book #books #certain #contents

You see, I used to do a certain amount of market research by going to the local drugstore and seeing what the truck drivers would put up. Now it's all just copies from the latest best-seller list and damn little of anything else. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#anything #best-seller #certain #copies #damn

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up. ↗

— Colin Powell

#back #certain #giving #giving back #giving up

In an era when party fundraising is badly tainted, dinners are a really good way of raising cash for campaigning. Lots of people giving very small amounts of money through ticket sales and raffle prizes: yes, it's much harder work than big donations, but I think it's a more democratic and transparent way of fundraising. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#big #campaigning #cash #democratic #dinners

Over the last 10 years a huge amount has been achieved in getting people into work. Measures such as the New Deal, tax credits, the minimum wage and improved childcare have brought about record numbers of people in work, a number that is still rising despite the global economic slowdown. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#achieved #amount #been #brought #childcare

I know the guru route, I know you go sit on a mountain. But screw India. I ain't going there. ↗

— Susan Powter

#going #guru #i #india #know