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“Cold-turkey deficit reduction would cause a significant recession. A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office estimated that going headlong over the cliff would cause our gross domestic product, which has been growing at an annual rate of around 2 percent, to fall at a rate of 2.9 percent in the first half of 2013.”

“If you'd like to meet some fully realized characters while learning some specifics of Zimbabwe's postcolonial struggles, as I did, you're likely to come away with a vague feeling of dissatisfaction. If you're willing to settle for first-rate writing and provocative meditations on memory, corruption and loss, they are all here in abundance.”

Ifs Writing Firsts Character Feelings Memories Loss Struggle Meditation Willing Rate Corruption Settling Abundance Vague Dissatisfaction Provocative Zimbabwe Specifics

Author:Jabari Asim

“First, the oil and gas business pays its fair share of taxes. Despite the current debate on energy taxes, few businesses pay more in taxes than oil and gas companies. The worldwide effective tax rate for our industry in 2010 was 40 percent. That's higher than the U.S. statutory rate of 35 percent and the rate for manufacturers of 26.5 percent.”

Firsts Energy Pay Company Share Industry Higher Taxes Percent Fairs Rate Currents Oil Debate Despite Gas Fair Share Oil And Gas

Author:John S. Watson

“Nearly everything in the scheme of things works to dull a first-rate talent. But the worst probably is cowardice.”

Firsts Courage Worst Talent Rate Dull Cowardice Schemes

Book:The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing

Source: The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing

“Indeed, as we begin the twenty-first century, the money and traditional economies are slowly destroying their own support system. Increasing demands of the two economies are surpassing the sustainable yields of the ecosystems that underpin them. For example, one-third of the world's cropland is losing topsoil at a rate that is undermining its long-term productivity, fully half of the world's rangeland is overgrazed and deteriorating into desert, and the world's forests have shrunk by about half since the dawn of agriculture and are continuing to shrink.”

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.”

Life Inspirational Firsts Motivational Happiness Success Peace Teacher Self Esteem Positive Inspirational Life Confidence Empowerment Rate Oneself Caring Actresses Singers Versions Esteem Being True Being Yourself Bullying About Yourself Women Empowerment Be You Originality Graduation Bully Carpe Diem Be True To Yourself True To Yourself Bullied Boost Self Confidence Being Myself Garlands Second Rate Famous Motivational Funny Graduation Just Being You Confidence Boosting High School Graduation Inspirations Being Yourself Boost Your Confidence Inspirational Graduation Being Bullied Funny Commencement Anti Bullying Inspiring Self Esteem Inspirational High School Graduation College Graduation Old Hollywood Inspirational Self Esteem True To Oneself School Graduation Convocation Bullying Inspirational Inspirational Self Confidence Always Be Yourself Inspirational Bullying Not Being Yourself Self Strength Cool Graduation Motivational Graduation Being Original Being Yourself And Happy High School Graduation Speech High School Commencement Graduation Wishes

Author:Judy Garland

“The exchange rate between first-world lives and third-world lives in disaster stories in the media is about 50:1.”

World Firsts Stories Media Thirds Rate Disaster Third World World Life

Author:Craig Reucassel

“Whether you think Jesus was God or not, you must admit he was a first-rate political economist.”

Thinking Firsts God Political Religion Spirituality Politics Jesus Power Economics Rate Agnostic Economist

Book:Androcles and the lion: an old fable renovated : definitive text

Source: Androcles and the lion: an old fable renovated : definitive text

“It's hard to overemphasize how important Ford's deregulation was. True, most of the benefits took years to unfold-rail freight rates, for example hardly budged at first. Yet deregulation set the stage for an enormous wave of creative destruction in the 1980s.”

Years Firsts Important Hard Creative Stage Example Benefits Destruction Rate Wave Enormous Rail Deregulation Creative Destruction

Book:The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World

Source: The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World