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There's been a lot said about Social Security reform. What has been left out of the debate is the double tax on Social Security benefits. I believe it's time to get rid of a tax that punishes seniors and discourages work and retirement savings. ↗

— Rob Simmons

#been #believe #benefits #debate #discourages

It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#incident #natural #our #pitiful #sex

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#hairs #natural #property #regrets

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#cruelty #cultural #human #might #very

You can't test courage cautiously. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#courage #test #you

Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#apiece #beings #emotions #fixed #human

Have the courage of your desire. ↗

— George Gissing

#desire #your

If we only arrange our life in accordance with the principle which tells us that we must always trust in the difficult, then what now appears to us as the most alien will become our most intimate and trusted experience. How could we forget those ancient myths that stand at the beginning of all races, the myths about dragons that at the last moment are transformed into princesses? Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#courage #dragons #inspirational #life #beauty

As Americans, we can choose where we work and live, what we drive, which insurance plan is best for us, so why can we not give workers a choice when it comes to their retirement? ↗

— John Doolittle

#choice #choose #comes #drive #give

I took my courage in both hands and went to the Laundromat to do my washing. I had to use three machines. ↗

— Julie Doucet

#courage #had #hands #i #machines