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After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you implored Washington to please stop spending money we don't have. But, instead of cutting, we saw an unprecedented explosion of government spending and debt, unlike anything we have seen in the history of our country. ↗

— Michele Bachmann

#anything #bailout #bill #billion #budget

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#like #plain #rich #set #stone

The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things. ↗

— David Bailey

#confused #different #different things #education #get

I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

#boots #edmonton #i #john #use

Well, I think people don't recognise my face because I'm so much older now, but it is astonishing that people can recognise a voice. I do sometimes get recognised, and indeed a lot of people do come and see me. ↗

— Tom Baker

#because #come #face #get #i

Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy. ↗

— Tammy Baldwin

#constituents #economy #getting #growing #hearing

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#block #granite #obstacle #pathway #stepping-stone

Washington should revive international efforts begun during the Clinton administration to pressure countries with dangerously loose banking regulations to adopt and enforce stricter rules. ↗

— Kit Bond

#adopt #banking #begun #clinton #clinton administration

If I decide to tour, I definitely would come to Washington, D.C. We'll see. ↗

— Paula Abdul

#decide #definitely #i #see #tour

There's got to be a backbone, there's got to be a skeleton to the whole way I perform, but you never want to hit the same note twice during a performance, I think. I think it's always got to be fresh so it doesn't bore me, and I always want to go out on edge. ↗

— Casey Abrams

#backbone #bore #during #edge #fresh