Under any scenario, there is going to be a bucketful of cash being dumped into education this year. There's always something for every side. That's the way politics is played in Albany.
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Related When carrying the burden of problems and stress that life seems to endlessly hurtle towards us. We g... GARY F EVANS... To have hope in an age where hope is very scarce and hurt, jealousy and pain are more prominent is a... GARY F EVANS... It looks like the only way we're going to get to the NCAA Tournament is to win in Albany. But a lot ... DON VAUGHAN In this way you can develop the perception that the individual (under indictment) is being treated u... ANTON VALUKAS I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM If u ever wanted to ever be anything It'll always be sombody that'll shoot down any dream It'll alwa... KANYE WEST So this is going to be drill!? DEYTH BANGER Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change i... KATE MILLETT I can't even SARAH VAN WATERSCHOOT Every year, there's going to be someone who's going to be a thorn in your side. This year, it's the ... JOE TORRE He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY There is nothing new about turning science into politics. This has been going on for some time in th... DR. JOEL GALLANT today is a bright new day, the server ground frost is slowly melting under the sunshine thats creepi... FEMALE IMAGINATION I've always played well in Sydney. Hopefully, I can get some matches there under my belt before goin... LLEYTON HEWITT We fully intend to suspend all executive incentive pay. This is something we want to request. The ba... JACK DAVIS In every country today, there is politics. It may be authoritarian politics, but there is politics. HILLARY CLINTON there is no place of politics in education. The moment you let politics invade your education system... ABHIJIT NASKAR My eyes hurt... but there is something more... I can't stop listening to horror.... now I am going t... DEYTH BANGER That five-year gap in age is big, ... When they played football in the yard, Eli was always the cent... ARCHIE MANNING It's unfortunate but this seems to be the way it's going in Mexico this year. When the international... LARS SCHONANDER Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY This year I've just been aggressive. I still have that mindset of passing the ball, and being ag... JAMES HARDEN In the intervening 11 years . . . police know now that every single thing that they do directed to... CHRIS MATHERS Unfortunately, he's had a lot of little injuries going on every year. It's tough because, in a way, ... JACK SCHRADER This is going to be under water one or two days a year. STEVE IRWIN Always remember the hankering for the 'other' is never for them, but to use them as a means of your ... RAMANA PEMMARAJU There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there's only five of ... ROALD DAHL Truth metastasized into lurid fantasy. F. MULDER There is no dispute that Albany needs to be changed. There is no dispute that the current situation ... ANDREW CUOMO This Event is a good test for any program because there are teams in it every year who compete for t... BOB KNIGHT That's it really; it's all love, whichever way you look at it, it's all love. How much you can Get f... GEORGE HARRISON In every problem there is a positive side,even if that positive side is you being still alive OMAR ASHRAF EZZELDIN In this year, there is going to be no coronation, ... There is going to be no pre-appointment of a p... STEVE FORBES The data show that under any scenario you use, people are going to get more money from the current s... MATT FOREMAN I know now: what is is all that matters. Not the thing you know is meant to be, not what could be, n... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS Obviously, it was a different scenario than we've played under recently. JIM TRESSEL Last year, we were sued for endorsing religion; this year, we're being sued for limiting the right t... RICHARD ACKERMAN Last year, we were sued for endorsing religion; this year, we're being sued for limiting the right t... RICHARD ACKERMAN Being thrust into the role of caregiver without any preparation is difficult under any circumstances... CAROL LEVINE This is a national problem being dumped on Southern California. JOHN HUSING Politics and locusts always mix. In the mix there is never any logic though. Politics makes locust c... DAVID HUNTER It's going to be a lot different next year; it always is. Every year's a big turnaround. Great group... BRANDON STOKLEY Hiding in all the thorns, there is a yellow rose. BEN OAK You just know every year it's going to be wild with Syracuse. Their style is just great and they're ... DREW THOMPSON This is a first for us, as far being in position to play our way into something that matters. We tri... JASON CAUSBY Be encouraged. Hold your head up high and know God is in control and has a plan for you. Instead of ... GERMANY KENT North and South always go at it. There's always a little something extra there, and everyone plays a... ALAN SCHWARTZ This is being done because things are going well. We met or exceeded our expectations for every quar... GREG EDEN I started off real well today by going 3-under through the first four holes. It is nice to have play... RYAN ARMOUR There is always going to be pressure when you are expected to do great things. But I think it also p... ALEX MOUNT There were trash pits by the cemetery, ... City trucks dumped there, and there was always something ... MAGGIE MALONE Every day is a different day in New York; there's always something new going on. FREDDIE HIGHMORE That's the way it goes. I just couldn't get anything going. This is definitely one of my better resu... KYLE GARSON Plainly, under any reasonable scenario (barring one that is accomplished overnight), such a platform... RICHARD CHU The area of under opium cultivation is going to increase this year. MOHAMMED DAOUD I know when I'm healthy, I can compete with any quarterback in this league and help this team win. T... CHAD PENNINGTON Quite frankly, you look at the numbers, and you realize there has to be something more for eBay to b... CARMI LEVY Please be SILENT and LISTEN. I am the SCHOOLMASTER and you are in the CLASSROOM. Just... PSEUDONYMOUS BOSCH It's kind of hard for a $60 billion market cap to slip under the radar but the stock is cheap and ca... BRIAN LANGENBERG This is our year. We're going to do something ... to put another positive in our side against them. ... COREY BOSARGE The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL They've got a negative cash burn run rate which is still going to be close to $5 billion this year, ... DAN GENTER I'm going into the factory and hopefully everyone's going to be there so we can have a little chat a... JENSON BUTTON For every pain under the sun, there is always a remedy or may be none. If there is remedy, hurry and... LILY CHATTERJEE There is a story, there is a scene which you always miss and you never pay attention at it... (The R... DEYTH BANGER His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING I have always played softball. I never played soccer before this year, but I liked coach Grant and I... KALLIE JOHNSON I really think people will find that, at a personal level, there is a hole left in this Congress by ... GEORGIA REPUBLICAN I think the joy of any soap opera is it is always there. You are allowed into this world for a littl... AMANDA DONOHOE I was always thinking of Andrew for this game, ... He has played well enough this season to warrant ... EDDIE O'SULLIVAN In the under-wood and the over-wood
There is murmur and trill this day,
For every bird is in l... CLINTON SCOLLARD We spend at least $5 for remedial education right now for every dollar we put in early childhood edu... TIM KAINE We should be pretty good this year, ... We are going to play real tight defense, sort of like my hig... DAVID MANNING Burnout is grist to the mill. I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning... GRANT MORRISON In this traditional approach, there is no chemical information being transferred in any way. JUSTIN WISEMAN Even though he was inside the house, I could still hear Vlad’s sardonic mutter of “Where’s a t... JEANIENE FROST In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there'... BARON HILL Theres no way to be successful in music and be debauched. GREG KOCH I grew up being really insecure and dumped on, over-feeling certain things in a negative way. So I t... GILBERT HERNANDEZ It's inconsistent that UH pays rent. We've always had a cash surplus every year. HOWARD IKEDA The secret is out. There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a te... FOUAD AJAMI In a way, education by its nature favours the extrovert because you are taking kids and putting them... SUSAN CAIN I'm new to politics, but my main passion is schools, so I fell into politics as a result. This is a ... ANNE DIFRANCESCO I don't think there is a compelling reason to be in equities right now. I would be actually sitting ... RICK BERRY There are a lot of ways in which Brian and I have nothing in common. I remember saying to Brian - it... AMANDA PALMER We need to raise over $250,000 this year if we are going to be able to help needy families in a subs... CHARLES PAYNE This is a good feeling for us. Every year we haven't been on top of our games going into the tournam... RACHEL LAWS There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side. JACK KEMP Lewis is really desperate, and I'm really sorry for the families being put through this. This is goi... DAVE BAILEY It is not the least bit coincidental that adults who commit suicide with firearms nearly always shoo... DAVID FOSTER WALLACE It is clear to us that Hurricane Katrina is a long way from being a worst case scenario, in terms of... ERNST RAUCH Theres no electricity, stuff like that down there. Its a little different. Its going to be crazy. AARON KATZ This is a very large hurricane, a very powerful hurricane. Wherever you have the eye of this system,... LIXION AVILA He was really solid this weekend. It is nice to see him progressing and playing well at this time of... MICHEL THERRIEN To make a century against Australia under any circumstances is always special. It will be hard work ... ANDREW STRAUSS You're coaching a storied franchise, ... I want to see this franchise respected, being a contender e... LARRY BROWN I hope something happens. I'm restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in l... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD You always have to be worried about something that is considered a so-called 'scientific theory&... TED CRUZ Vail is a melting pot. In any community this diverse, there's going to to be bigotry, and there's bi... JOSH LAUTENBERG
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