“My tax return in the United States has to be kept on a special computer because their normal computers can't deal with the numbers. So I am constantly getting these notices telling me I haven't paid something when really it is just on the wrong computer.” StatesUnitedDealsNumbersUnited StatesSpecialHavensReturnTaxesNormalComputerPaidTax Returns Author:Bill Gates
“Americans have always held firm, because we have always believed in certain truths. We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity and returns to strike us again. We know that when the work is hard, the proper response is not retreat, it is courage. And we know that a great ideal of human freedom entrusted to us in a special way and that the ideal of liberty is worth defending.” IfsKnowsWayHumansHardCertainEvilLibertySpecialReturnGainsIdealsResponseStrikesFirmRetreatAlways BelieveGreat IdeaAudacityHuman Freedom Author:George W. Bush
“Anyone with special abilities earns a differential return on that flair, which we economists call a rent. Those few with extraordinary P.Q. (Performance Quotient) will not give away such rent to the Ford Foundation or the local bank trust department. They have too high an I.Q. for that.” GivingAbilitySpecialReturnPerformancesFoundationExtraordinaryInvestingLocalsDepartmentEconomistFlair Author:Paul Samuelson
“It would seem that the ingratitude, whereby a subsequent sin causes the return of sins previously forgiven, is a special sin. For, the giving of thanks belongs to counter passion, which is a necessary condition of justice. But justice is a special virtue. Therefore this ingratitude is a special sin. Thanksgiving is a special virtue. But ingratitude is opposed to thanksgiving. Therefore ingratitude is a special sin.” GivingSeemsPassionCausesJusticeSinVirtueSpecialConditionsReturnThanksForgivenThanksgivingIngratitude Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Cinema returns us to anima, religion of matter, which gives each thing its special divinity and sees gods in all things and beings. Cinema, heir of alchemy, last of an erotic science.” GivingMatterLastsSpecialReturnAll ThingsCinemaDivinityEroticAlchemyHeirs Book:The lords, and The new creatures: poems Source: The lords, and The new creatures: poems
“The 76ers hold a special place in my heart and I am intrigued by the opportunity to return to Philadelphia, where I was part of a rebuilding program, joining the team the year after it went 9-73 and going to the NBA Finals just four years later.” YearsHeartOpportunityFourTeamSpecialReturnMy HeartProgramFinalsNbaFour YearsJoiningPhiladelphiaIntriguedRebuildingSpecial PlacesNba Finals Author:Doug Collins
“The start of my rookie season when there was so much pressure, so many expectations, and so much excitement surrounding the return of the No. 3 to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and then we went out and won the pole for the Daytona 500. That was a very special moment.” MomentsSpecialReturnExpectationsSeasonsPressureSeriesCupsExcitementSprintNascarRookiesSpecial MomentsDaytonaDaytona 500 Author:Austin Dillon
“The theory of government I was taught says that government provides benefits, primarily security, to the entire population. In return we pay taxes. But lately the government has been a distributor of special privileges, taking money from some and giving it to others. America is now about evenly split between those who pay income taxes and those who consume them.” GivingHas BeensGovernmentAmericaPaySpecialSecurityTaughtTheoryReturnTaxesBenefitsPrivilegePopulationIncomeSplitsIncome TaxDistributors Author:John Stossel
“For Jewish people, salmon has a special meaning, not just because it's a flavor we've had all along our diaspora. Salmon also have this special return-to-their-roots desire. At the end of their lives, salmon try to swim back to when they were born. Even if they can't, they have this obsession. We as diaspora people love that a lot about salmon.” PeopleIfsTryingEndsDesireBornSpecialReturnRootsObsessionSwimFlavorSalmonDiaspora Author:Charlemagne Palestine
“I famously stole tons of VHS tapes from a video store I worked in. It was detailed in my special, Laboring Under Delusions. I worked at Tower Video and stole a bunch of videotapes from them, and then got caught and had to return the videotapes. It was a mortifying experience.” SpecialReturnCaughtStoresVideoBunchDelusionTapeTowers Author:Paul F. Tompkins
“Off we skip like the most heartless things in the world, which is what children are, but so attractive; and we have an entirely selfish time, and then when we have need of special attention we nobly return for it, confident that we shall be rewarded instead of smacked.” WorldNeedsChildrenAttentionSpecialReturnSelfishAttractiveHeartlessSkip Book:Peter Pan: Top 100 Classic Novels Source: Peter Pan: Top 100 Classic Novels
“But I really would love to give her a very special gift. I was hoping if I did, she might give me a kiss in return, instead of the brotherly hugs I always get instead.” IfsGivingMightSpecialReturnKissingGive MeHugBrotherlySpecial Gifts Book:Dragonskin Slippers Source: Dragonskin Slippers