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It's going to be a very targeted tax cut program that I think is going to make a meaningful difference for American families,


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LISA R. REYNOLDS I never said to be like me, I say be yourself and make a difference.
MARILYN MANSON We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels.
DICK ARMEY I don't myself think that increasing it to 28 days is going to make a very significant amount of dif...
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Folks tend to confuse both.
The right way i...
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PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE You never know when the timing is going to hit in a such a way that you're going to make a diffe...
BOB CORKER How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
EVANS G. VALENS Have the courage to let some go, and sacrifice for some to stay; thus, live and make life your own w...
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R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a di...
CHAIM POTOK I believe in work. If somebody doesn't create something, however small it may be, he gets sick. An a...
ARTHUR MILLER Go into the world and do well. But more importantly, go into the world and do good.
MINOR MYERS So this is going to be drill!?
DEYTH BANGER Working in Washington, trying to make a difference, that was a very meaningful time for me, a period...
TIM FINCHEM There's nothing quite as powerful as people feeling they can have impact and make a difference. ...
ANNE M. MULCAHY I was looking for a new challenge and got an interest in trying to make a difference for families. Y...
JIM JORDAN I could make a difference.
CHRIS BURKE She is typically a long program skater. I think she got over a big hurdle mentally in the short prog...
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I am not commanding you, but I ...
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EDWARD KENNEDY I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix.
DEYTH BANGER I personally think this is just going to be another tax.
BRYAN BLAIR I, for one, believe that revenue has to increase. I think every American would pay more if they thou...
DOUGLAS R. OBERHELMAN Germany, I think, was first to substitute a Social Security program for its elderly based on this pr...
JOHN SHADEGG I think she is going to really try to make a difference. We all have a pretty good feeling that she ...
ELLEN PERRY No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be u...
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. We cannot do everything, but we can all do something.
DILLON BURROUGHS The program is more generous that what the federal program used to be, and it is very, very good new...
JEAN CHAREST I think this is going to be a very important cornerstone for that whole area.
BILL UTTLEY I think they've got a lot of A-pluses going for them at this point. In six or seven or eight years, ...
LARRY WHEELER A Ritual to Read to Each Other


If you don’t know the kind of person I am
and...
WILLIAM STAFFORD Governments are either going to have to cut spending by that much or they are going to have to incre...
JACKIE NYTES It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.
BRYANT H. MCGILL That was going to be our Franklin Street.
ANNE WHITE I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference.
LADY GAGA It's got to be significant enough and advantaged enough that it would make a meaningful difference.
ADAM DENER This is for the folks who are doing a good to excellent job. The program is going to be very competi...
DANA HOLLAND Most of us agree there's going to be a tax cut. The question is how much, how soon and who gets it.
JIM MCDERMOTT I think it's likely for the time being that Brazil is going to try to move forward as it says it wil...
CHARLES BLITZER I think Brandon Cox is going to be a heck of a college quarterback. He's going to make a name for hi...
TOMMY TUBERVILLE I know its going to be an emotional time for me. I know I'm going to be shedding a tear or two. No o...
TONI EDWARDS This is going to make a big difference,
PAT MILLER The convention center itself is not going to be a cure-all for this city, ... But you're already see...
RON ODEN I think a lot of people mistakenly believe that they're going to be impacted by the estate tax.
LAURA GRANRUTH My healthcare plan puts more money into average families' pockets than the Bush tax cuts... He&#...
DICK GEPHARDT A tax cut to compensate for a tax increase is not a cut - it's a con.
TONY ABBOTT It will mean more choices. The ability to actually make money with very targeted advertising from an...
DANNIELLE ROMANO Like what's going to happen to the income tax cut that Mr. Martin brought in.
LINDA SIMS I think that for the next short period of time, our No. 1 priority is Congress needs to do its work ...
JACOB LEW I always felt this was a project that was going to make a difference. It's a small difference, but i...
ERIC FELDMAN But it's for sure this is not going to make Beijing make any meaningful concessions under pressure.
JOSEPH CHENG Not having a home is not a very good place to be. This is going to enhance everybody's program that ...
JACK MAUGHAN I think they're going to be a good team. They're going to be fast. They're going to make you think.
JENNY POTTER We hope this is going to make a difference.
LISA BRIDGES I don't want to do stories that don't have a heart. I'm just not going to be satisfied w...
AARON HUEY The small difference that the property tax cut would make (could determine whether) someone qualifie...
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NICHOLAS SPARKS She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr...
GAIL CARRIGER We think there are a lot of good models out there that could make a difference for local ranching fa...
HEIDI DEARMENT The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - fam...
BARBARA MIKULSKI There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there's only five of ...
ROALD DAHL There are African-American families around this country - a large, large number of African-American ...
TA-NEHISI COATES Low-income Canadians benefit relatively little from these tax cuts, yet they may be hurt a great dea...
ELLEN RUSSELL We're going to do everything we can to keep it going, ... It's very important for a lot of families.
SCOTT GRAHAM It is going to be a very difficult process, I think the emotional toll is going to be substantial,
MICHAEL CHERTOFF Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.
CATHERINE OF SIENA I have one life and one chance to make it count for something... My faith demands that I do whatever...
JIMMY CARTER How to be a Poet (to remind myself)

Make a place to sit down.
Sit down. Be quiet. <...
WENDELL BERRY if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI I was born in Washington, D.C., where my father was working for the Federal Trade Commission, and my...
JOANNA GOING I'm always looking for what there is to see that's weird and wonderful and off the beaten pa...
JOANNA GOING I had a wonderful time making 'Dark Shadows.'
JOANNA GOING When I was 18, I took it for granted and was eager to move on to the bigger cities like Boston and t...
JOANNA GOING To have real issues to delve into, research-wise, always makes it a lot more satisfying to me. I can...
JOANNA GOING I think any kind of hiatus one takes in an artistic journey is going to make a huge difference. The ...
MEL GIBSON I've been given an opportunity to make a difference.
TAMRON HALL Never doubt that one person can make a difference.
INGRID NEWKIRK What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.
DAVID BOWIE It doesn't make a difference what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature.
STEVEN WRIGHT I think America understands that energy security is a very important part of our national security. ...
CHRIS VAN HOLLEN If [Republican strategist] Karl Rove is watching today, Karl, I want you to hear me loud and clear: ...
WESLEY CLARK I think its kind of going to be a pain. It's not going to be worth it for half the people on campus.
GEORGE KENNEDY I think she is going to be very diligent. I think it will be a very good search.
JOAN HODGE I think that's a big difference. If the ones in the program aren't coming back to society, what's th...
ANDY KAHAN We're going to be focused on the last days of life, making it as meaningful and as graceful for the ...
LINDA GHOLSTON I think we need a tax cut,
RICHARD GEPHARDT Huge difference. You can't even compare it. He took over a program that he knew going in was going t...
PETE CARROLL It's a great fit. If you look at the amount of professional offices going in around the area, and as...
MICHAEL MCDONALD That's the inspiration for this program, to see that it can make a difference.
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GREG BIFFLE One more solid salvo from the Fed, combined with a tax cut, could be the combustible combination to ...
ALAN ACKERMAN The message has gone out very clearly to everybody that we're going to be efficient, we're going to ...
MICHAEL CHERTOFF I believe each individual can have a say and make a difference.
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means -- either ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Happiness consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great piece...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The proof of gold is fire...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When you're finished changing, you're finished.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frug...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, an...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Drive your business, let not your business drive you.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Clearly spoken, Mr. Fogg; you explain English by Greek.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.
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