"We stiffened the penalties for fraud, we extended nationwide efforts to make sure that payments are accurate and they closed a loophole in which people were gaming the system. We didn't change eligibility requirements or reduce the level of benefits."

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Kevin Drum

#People Quotes #Effort Quotes #Benefits Quotes

“Iâ€™m a really big believer that we all have this voice inside of us, and that voice is God talking to us, and we are all magical, and we all have something as specific to do as our fingerprint. And everybody should go out and do that. And I think between the ages of 15 and 32, donâ€™t worry about getting married, donâ€™t worry about settling down, donâ€™t worry about having a baby. Give birth to yourself.”

Source : "'The City' Boss Kelly Cutrone Shares Advice She Gave Whitney Port" by Jocelyn Vena, www.mtv.com. December 1, 2009.
“Canadians have an abiding interest in surprising those Americans who have historically made little effort to learn about their neighbour to the North.”
“I'm not going to be the next Colin Farrell or Orlando Bloom.”

Source : "On the verge" by Tom Templeton, www.theguardian.com. November 22, 2013.
“Ive always seen myself as sort of this funky, eclectic artist.”
“I didn't like the '60s because it was too important what people who had nothing to do with the war thought about it.”
“Most of the reason we donâ€™t do things is because weâ€™re afraid to fail. I just made a decision one day that I was not not going to do things in my life because of fear.”
“why are we so monumentally slow?”
“The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so.”

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