The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.

I am content with nothing restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting.

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good I should run for my life.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities, strong men make them.

I've been through it all baby, I'm mother courage.

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

I think it's entertaining the fact that I've been able to score points. The important thing is that I've been able to do it and we've been able to win. That's why I do it

Everyone who feels stuck in the Obama economy is right to focus on the here and now. And I hope you understand this too, if you're feeling left out or passed by: You have not failed, your leaders have failed you.

I'm gonna be making records anyway even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.

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