#pa

Welfare reform happened with reconciliation; half the Democrats voted for it. The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation; twelve Democratic Senators voted for it. You didn't have a real partisan issue on those times that it was used. ↗

— Kent Conrad

#bush tax cuts #cuts #democratic #democrats #half

I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for what it does. I think the Shuttle is worth it for the work it does. ↗

— Pete Conrad

#does #dollars #i #i think #launch

Our people have proven their desire for continuing with reforms. We complete the march today with those who have an honest patriotic desire for more progress and reform. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#continuing #desire #honest #march #more

Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#am #balance #between #challenge #created

I like to work a lot with wood. I make furniture that falls apart. I also sew. ↗

— Tim Conway

#apart #falls #furniture #i #like

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes. ↗

— Steve Coogan

#everyone #laughter #makes #noise #palpable

You have to learn the crowd. I just pay attention to them so I can make sure I can make them laugh. ↗

— Dane Cook

#crowd #i #i can #just #laugh

Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart. ↗

— Joseph Cook

#compass #conscience #magnetic #our #reason

You know, we have to take these characters - who, granted, have their separate personalities but, on a lot of levels, are pretty two-dimensional - and make them into people with flaws, with insecurities. ↗

— Rachael Leigh Cook

#flaws #granted #insecurities #into #know

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does. ↗

— Allen Ginsberg

#does #expression #line #lying #making