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Government is taking 40 percent of the GDP. And that's at the state, local and federal level. President Obama has taken government spending at the federal level from 20 percent to 25 percent. Look, at some point, you cease being a free economy, and you become a government economy. And we've got to stop that. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#being #cease #economy #federal #federal level

I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#being #exhausted #fun #i #i think

He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise. ↗

— Quintus Ennius

#cannot #gets #good #help #him

We need transparency in government spending. We need to put each government expenditure online so every Floridian can see where their tax money is being spent. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#each #every #expenditure #government #government spending

Somehow, I had the feeling that I was responsible for Harry being dead. I remembered all the times that I wished he were dead, all the times I had dreamed of killing him. I got to thinking that maybe my wishing had finally killed him. ↗

— Arnold Rothstein

#dead #dreamed #feeling #finally #got

Man need not be degraded to a machine by being denied to be a ghost in a machine. ↗

— Gilbert Ryle

#degraded #denied #ghost #machine #man

I have loved football as an almost mythic game since I was in the fourth grade. To me, the game wasn't even grounded in reality. The uniform turned you into a warrior. Being on a team, the mythology of physical combat, the struggle against the elements, the narrative of the game. ↗

— Steve Sabol

#almost #being #combat #elements #even

Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change. ↗

— Pat Riley

#be prepared #being #change #enough #other

I don't mind being a tourist at all, and a gawker. I just walk around. ↗

— Ann Robinson

#being #i #just #mind #tourist

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

#ask #being #concerned #human #human being