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Keeping a lid on taxes is not just good for the taxpayer. It's a powerful way to force government to be more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter. Let me repeat that: more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter - that's what we need to be about. ↗

— Tim Pawlenty

#accountable #force #good #government #just

Medicaid is essentially bankrupt, Medicare is essentially bankrupt, why the heck would we give the federal government another entitlement program to manage? ↗

— Tim Pawlenty

#bankrupt #entitlement #essentially #federal #federal government

I've always felt myself to be an outsider. I've always felt awkward. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#awkward #felt #i #myself #outsider

Living off the grid and being kind of an outlaw brings a dangerous reality. ↗

— Ron Perlman

#brings #dangerous #grid #kind #living

One's teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the empire. I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#belonged #considered #countries #drove #effect

I didn't have a normal background - I was completely demented from a very early age! ↗

— Bill Paxton

#background #completely #demented #early #early age

In the old days the studios guided your career. Now it's all up to you. ↗

— Bill Paxton

#days #guided #now #old #old days

It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending. ↗

— Bill Paxton

#contemporary #ending #films #popular #twist

As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a man will be careful not to be wearisome, and to keep his point, or his catastrophe, well in hand. ↗

— James Payn

#anyone #be careful #careful #catastrophe #good

It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first place to eliminate from our inquiry the cases of that considerable class of persons who pinch themselves. ↗

— James Payn

#before #careful #cases #class #considerable