#my

I served at a time when we had a strong economy, when we had deficits that we would die for today. I was able to propose a balanced budget, not over ten years, but over five years. I'm proud of that record. ↗

— Rob Portman

#balanced #balanced budget #budget #deficits #die

Instead of focusing on growing jobs and reigniting our economy, President Obama focused on growing government and tried to remake the United States into the image of the debt-laden countries of Europe. His approach has been more spending, more regulation, and higher taxes. ↗

— Rob Portman

#been #countries #economy #europe #focused

My concern about Barack Obama is he ran a campaign in 2008 where he said we're going to bring people together and solve big problems. And he specifically talked about the need to reach across the aisle and deal with issues like the economy, which was obviously the top issue in 2008. It has not happened. ↗

— Rob Portman

#across #aisle #barack #barack obama #big

This is his solution: He said all we need to do is take your tax dollars, send them to Washington, have Washington take out its cut, having Washington then send it back to the states, have the states then go out and hire public employees. Does that make sense to you? Is that how to get the economy moving? ↗

— Rob Portman

#cut #does #dollars #economy #employees

My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and learned all the skills. I left early because I did my first movie and discovered that I really loved the minimalistic work with the camera. ↗

— Franka Potente

#acting school #always #background #because #camera

There is something about riding a unicorn, for those people who still can, which is unlike any other experience: exhilarating, and intoxicating, and fine. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#mythical-beasts #stardust #experience

To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those beginnings all of my life - that constitutes the subject of much of my early fiction. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#beginnings #come #constitutes #contending #deeply

The more my work improves or broadens or widens, the more surely I tame myself. ↗

— Dennis Potter

#improves #more #myself #surely #tame

Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#barber #dummy #poetry #real #real art

I only do two things in my life, and that's take care of my kids and work. Fortunately, these are my favorite things to do, so it works out. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#favorite #favorite things #fortunately #i #kids