#nin

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#capital #capital gains #decisions #difficulty #directly

No Child Left Behind's fourth-grade gains aren't learning gains, they're testing gains. That's why they don't last. The law is a distraction from things that really count. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#child #count #distraction #gains #last

Remaining vigilant toward this ever-present threat means constantly learning how better to protect ourselves. But primarily it reminds us that we must fight and win the war on terror, so that we do not have to fight it here in America. ↗

— Mark Kennedy

#better #constantly #fight #here #how

Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety. ↗

— Rose Kennedy

#atmosphere #comprehension #learning #neither #nor

I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open. ↗

— Nancy Kerrigan

#first #i #medal #nine #old

Whenever you play dance music, it serves a function. It becomes a utility; you have to worry about the tempos and what you're going to play for people. But when you're playing for listening, you're free. ↗

— Stan Kenton

#becomes #dance #dance music #free #function

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. ↗

— Henry Ford

#anyone #eighty #greatest #greatest thing #keep

It was definitely a part of our life. I mean, my mom had both her brothers and her fiancee in Vietnam at the same time, so it wasn't just my dad's story, it was my mom's story too. And we definitely grew up listening to the stories. ↗

— Vanessa Kerry

#both #brothers #dad #definitely #fiancee

Tori joined us for dinner --in body, at least. She spent the meal practicing for a role in the next zombie movie, expressionless, methodically moving fork to mouth, sometimes even with food on it. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#humor #summoning #tori #food

I lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas - fat, drugged, and completely out of it. ↗

— Anthony Bourdain

#cook #dining #eating #food #fun