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No politician or party favours waste and inefficiency, and every government tries to reduce both
but tax cuts on the promise of ending the gravy train almost never find enough gravy. Of course efficiency matters, waste must be attacked, and of course it matters how both taxes and spending are organized, but despite the highly publicized incidents of misspending that seem to dominate the pages of our mainstream media and disproportionately shape our perceptions, the numbers about waste never add up, and the consequences of tax cuts on public goods and services are always worse than promised. — Alex Himelfarb

Never chain your dogs together with sausages. One must accustom one's self to be bored. — John Berger

Typography is a hidden tool of manipulation within society. — Neville Brody

If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing. — Aaliyah

People were paid lots of money to make stupid decisions, people in big banks, and when people are paid to be stupid they'll be stupid. The question was, did they know they were being stupid or were they just stupid? I think you need to take it on a case by case basis. There was some sinister activity, but I think by and by it was people being incentivised to do the wrong thing. — Michael Lewis

My black cat was named Blackie. — Martha Grimes

What she revealed was not sexy lingerie, but a supportive piece of athletic equipment. After the consolation match that preceded the championship game, both Brazilian and Norwegian players removed their jerseys and exchanged them on the floor of the Rose Bowl. Chastain had previously removed her jersey after regulation to air it out. While training in Florida, the players frequently doffed their shirts after practice in the smothering heat, and they sometimes gave interviews in their sports bras, which were items of utility, not titillation. Chastain 'has brought instant attention to a piece of clothing that is humble and practical, not a traditional bra of shine and lace and cleavage, but a sturdy compression garment,' wrote Ann Gerhart of the Washington Post. 'The sports bra is the cloth symbol of Title IX's success. — Jere Longman

At my home in the southwest of France, I grow oak, hazel, and lemon trees in my backyard. — Alain Ducasse

Life happens. Shit happens. And it happens a lot. To a lot of people. — Colleen Hoover

Doesn't the world need the painter's praise anymore? — Randall Jarrell

Canada, the drinking age is 18, that's unnecessary. Nobody wants to get loaded around people who have hope and their whole lives still ahead of them. — Doug Stanhope

Forewarned is not forearmed, it is foreshadowed. — A.P.

When I was a kid, we always had big gardens, acres of stuff we grew out in the yard. — Randy Houser

Love is worth dying for, said the spermatozoid. — Ljupka Cvetanova