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Our fiat currency is under increasing stress with our large and growing trade deficits. We have a federal deficit that is calculated in the trillions when we take into account the net present value of the future Social Security and Medicaid obligations we are creating today. ↗

— George Noory

#calculated #creating #currency #deficit #deficits

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#coarse #idleness #infinite #infinite capacity #living

Knowing how people will use something is essential. ↗

— Donald Norman

#how #knowing #people #something #use

To my mind, what we ought to have maintained from the beginning was the strictest neutrality. If we had done this, I do not believe we would have been on the verge of war at the present time. ↗

— George William Norris

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I've always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy, which is not to be confused with sympathy. You're trying to get inside a certain emotional reality or motivational reality and try to figure out what that's about so you can represent it. ↗

— Edward Norton

#acting #always #certain #confused #emotional

People wrestle sometimes making movies, and I think that conflict is a very essential thing. I think a lot of very happy productions have produced a lot of very banal movies. ↗

— Edward Norton

#conflict #essential #essential thing #happy #i

To Mr. Seward: It is my desire that, in case Maximillian will surrender, he be sent here a prisoner of war, but that in the event of his continuing the war, or refusing to surrender, then he be shot. ↗

— Joshua A. Norton

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We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this date, abolished. ↗

— Joshua A. Norton

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We represent people, and any good congressperson wants to know how their people at home feel about issues. I can tell you for sure in our office that is taken into account, and that is true for any congresspersons I know. ↗

— Charlie Norwood

#account #any #feel #good #home

I had a lot of resentment for a while toward Kim Novak. But I don't mind her anymore. She's okay. We've become friends. I even asked her before this trip for some beauty tips. ↗

— Kim Novak

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