#trod

Did you know that they introduced the 15 percent flat tax on individual and corporate income in Iraq? Something that some politicians very much wanted to push in the United States without success but in Iraq they do it. ↗

— Juan Cole

#did #flat #flat tax #income #individual

At a party recently I was introduced to Meryl Streep, and it took me a second to get my head around it. You know, that I'm meeting these people now. I'm doing it. ↗

— Lily Collins

#doing #get #head #i #introduced

Perhaps many of the perplexing problems of the new music could be put into a new light if we were to reintroduce the ancient idea of music being a reflection of nature. ↗

— George Crumb

#being #could #idea #into #light

So, I see technology as a Trojan Horse: It looks like a wonderful thing, but they are going to regret introducing it into the schools because it simply can't be controlled. ↗

— Daniel Greenberg

#controlled #going #horse #i #i see

Part of my plan was not only to introduce all useful animals that I possibly could into this part of Australia, but also the most valuable plants of every description. ↗

— George Grey

#australia #could #description #every #i

Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy. ↗

— Ismail Haniyeh

#asks #democracy #introduced #respect #results

What's really interesting is the introduction of the tablet - not just the iPad, but the Nook and the Kindle. While they aren't going to solve all of our problems, I do think they make it easier for people to pause, linger, read and really process very important ideas. ↗

— Chris Hughes

#going #i #i do #ideas #important

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on. ↗

— Immanuel Kant

#himself #makes #man #must #trodden

Amin hid nothing. Everybody knew everything. Yet the American Senate only introduced a resolution breaking off trade with Amin three months before his overthrow. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#amin #before #breaking #everybody #everything

Most venture capitalists won't read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact. ↗

— Guy Kawasaki

#capitalists #contact #entrepreneur #introduced #most