“Now, the president would like to do tax reform, which would obviously lower rates for most people in America and make the tax code fair and get rid of loopholes and special treatment. But absent tax reform, the president believes the right way to get our fiscal house in order is ask the wealthy to pay their fair share.” PeopleWayBelieveAmericaOrderAsksHousePresidentPayShareSpecialTaxesFairsRateReformCodeTreatmentWealthyRight WayAbsentLoopholesFair ShareTax ReformSpecial Treatment Author:David Plouffe
“Before you go alter body, do some research and find out how many women have major life-threatening complications from nose jobs. Ask about how many nose jobs gone terribly wrong, and if you thought your face was wrong before, look what happens after. The more we start augmenting our bodies, the more and more we start to look alike, then nobody is special anymore.” IfsLooksBodyHappensJobsFacesAsksGoneSpecialMajorsResearchNosesYour FaceThreateningComplication Author:Halle Berry
“If any spiritualistic medium can do stunts, there is no more need for special conditions than there is for a chemist to turn down lights, start operations with a hymn, and ask whether there's any chemical present that has affinity with something named Hydrogen.” IfsNeedsLightTurnsAsksCan DoSpecialConditionsMediumsOperationsChemicalsHymnsAffinityChemistHydrogen Book:Lo! Source: Lo!
“What troubles me about the "hostile workplace" category of sexual harassment policy is that women are being returned to their old status of delicate flowers who must be protected from assault by male lechers. It is anti-feminist to ask for special treatment for women.” AsksTroubleSpecialPolicyFlowerMalesFeministTreatmentCategoriesDelicateProtectedWorkplaceAssaultHostileHarassmentAnti FeministSpecial TreatmentDelicate Flower Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays
“Middle class Americans don't ask for special favors, they just want basic fairness, and a President who fights for that ideal.” WantFightingAsksPresidentClassMiddleSpecialIdealsFavorsMiddle ClassFairness Author:John F. Kerry
“The final moment of success is often no more thrilling than taking off a heavy backpack at the end of a long hike. If you went on the hike only to feel that pleasure, you are a fool. Yet people sometimes do just this. They work hard at a task and expect some special euphoria at the end. But when they achieve success and find only moderate and short-lived pleasure, they ask is that all there is? They devalue their accomplishments as a striving after wind. We can call this the progress principle: Pleasure comes more from making progress toward goals than from achieving them.” PeopleIfsFeelsLongEndsSometimesHardMomentsHappinessAsksGoalPleasurePrinciplesProgressAchieveSpecialWindHard WorkFoolTasksStriveFinalsHeavyAccomplishmentModeratesThrillingEuphoriaShort LivedDevalue Author:Jonathan Haidt