#rate

The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off. ↗

— Benito Mussolini

#birth #bound #decadence #empires #fate

My wife, well she has extensive experience, because before becoming the first lady, she was the wife of the CEO of a large conglomerate. So I have very high hopes that she will carry out her job successfully as first lady of the Republic of Korea. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#becoming #before #carry #ceo #conglomerate

Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#asked #between #campaign #candidates #choice

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#available #base #because #been #billing

I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#architect #before #brazilian #cannot #i

I think we need to have competitive tax rates in order to create jobs in this country. And I think it should be fair. ↗

— Kristi Noem

#country #create #fair #i #i think

I had a rough spot about being a goody-goody Mormon, and not drinking or smoking. But I'm kind of grateful I've got this image now. There are no skeletons in my closet. What you see is what you get. ↗

— Donny Osmond

#being #closet #drinking #get #got

The distinction between the old and the new formulations consisting in the incorporation of the concept of the rate of chemical reactions is so great that it immediately asserted itself in the objective development of catalysis. ↗

— Wilhelm Ostwald

#between #catalysis #chemical #chemical reactions #concept

A real active music set, based and really concentrated on what the music's all about. That's what I'm all about - singing and a really good strong music set. ↗

— Jon Secada

#active #based #concentrated #good #i

Well, I'm not a critic, I'm just a worker. So, I'm always grateful for anything the critics say - good or bad. ↗

— Mandy Patinkin

#anything #bad #critic #critics #good