Cynically but accurately put, Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them - take social security, disaster relief, public works projects, for example.
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Related Something did happen, and I really don't feel proud of it. DEYTH BANGER Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Ame... ZOE LOFGREN I want to tell few things, I like the truth in all faces. why?? It's the truth one road and tha... DEYTH BANGER It ends or it doesn't. That’s what you say. That’s how you get through it. The tu... CAITLYN SIEHL If you want to find something with an equation, you must start thinking like a person who have it. DEYTH BANGER Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ITALIAN PROVERB No one is obliged to save, protect or shelter you; if someone helps you out take it as a blessing an... LATIKA TEOTIA In a polling conducted by the Wall Street Journal, 11 out of 12 Americans said they oppose the takin... JIM RYUN It helps them if they have health needs or concerns disabilities, if they are home bound. LOUIS HOBAICA If you can do it, why you won't do it??? If you have chance why you won't use it? DEYTH BANGER Who we are is determined by the actions we take, the words we choose to say, the people we love. And... REBECCA HARRIS It'a okay to take some break from the crucible steep of stairs that you want to try to achieve, as l... LAURE96 It's useful. It brings this whole issue more into the public awareness. It will perhaps encourage pe... ED LYNCH Having a good product helps, ... You can sell really well, but it really helps if you have a good pr... DONALD TRUMP I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight. S. E. HINTON Social Security, all public and no option, rescued older Americans from living their final years in ... ADAM COHEN Security hurts more than it helps. MICHAEL ROBERTSON ... You asked how am I?? Really?? So you care about me?? or you just decided to ask to return it bac... DEYTH BANGER If it helps you, brag about it. But it doesn't make you any better than I am JELLIE ANN CASTAñEDA A lot of us take Social Security because we see it as an entitlement. But if we don't need it, I can... JACK RAYMOND Appearance helps ignite love,but character helps sustain it. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I not often like the begining of something it has it owns doubts, loses and failures. But the end is... DEYTH BANGER If you have knowledge, then use it for educating not for degrading. FAISAL NAWAZ MAITLO Social Security is truly a test of our values as Americans. Social Security is a fundamental promise... SENATOR JOHN KERRY It's never going to be the same as Wakefield, ... But who knows? I have no idea if it helps or not. ... DON MATTINGLY It was a disaster. An absolute, total, public relations disaster. AMY WALSH It helps if you have an ear for voices and accents, JIM DALE But if it helps the project to be completed quicker, it's worth the cost to us. LARRY KRANTZ If a service connects to the (public telephone network), it will get dragged into the regulation of ... BLAIR LEVIN Instinct's the iron skeleton under all our ideas of free will. STEPHEN KING ¿Quieres entender que es un año de vida? Pregúntaselo a un estudiante que acaba de suspender el e... MARC LEVY If we don't fear God, it's because we don't know God. CRAIG GROESCHEL Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY They know what they want, but aren't sure how to find it. JAMES C. DOBSON It really helps playing Drake. Only having one day to prepare, it was easier for us. I don't know if... MARK TURGEON If I want religion, I know where to look for it - and if for example I don't want it, then why shoul... CHRISTINA ENGELA They are high in fiber and most Americans don't get enough fiber. Fiber helps digestive health, help... CAROL NEUMANN If this thing passes it helps Rick Perry. GARY KEITH I have found that it don't really matter if you're brought up fine or rough, but that it helps to ha... ERICA EISDORFER Self-regulation will never get the bad actors, the free riders. It will never offer consumers that l... SCOTT COOPER The only way we are going to ameliorate pressing social needs is through public intervention. GEORGE AKERLOF When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but... DALAI LAMA XIV None of us are happy with all of it, but we want to do something that works and helps people. LAURA KNAPEREK For teens it works differently. For them it actually is a public space where they can try on new ide... BRYANT SIMON It might only be $5 or it might be $500, but every little bit helps. CAROLINE VEITH It also helps that Chinese contractors tend to do the work on their projects. GEORGE BERANEK It helps take the edge off. BRETT MCCLURE If it helps, it's great; if it doesn't, it doesn't. There's nothing more than that to it. DOUG BINGHAM Even if it helps just one person - that night or that week - than it's all worth doing it. KAYE BROWN Ask the American public if they want a wiretap and they'll say 'No.' If you ask them do they want a ... LOIS FREEH Helping others helps me; helping myself helps others. JIM GENOVESE It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no? ADAM BRODY If companies are sincerely trying to rehabilitate themselves, consumers will support them. But if it... DONALD LICHTENSTEIN It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fu... FAITH HILL God walked with humanity in the cool of the day and gave them the most difficult and hottest parts o... JOEY TALLADINO It's good for Compaq at the margin, because it helps them fill out their product line, and it is goo... ANDREW NEFF If something's already cooked in a bag, it definitely helps. ADAM KING It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy. NOLAN RYAN Getting these two wins against two very good teams really helps prepare us for the Public League rac... KENNY FULLMAN I'm going to bring my physical play, there's no doubt about that. If it helps neutralize anything, g... DENIS GAUTHIER Always say the truth even if it hurts as long as it helps. CASEY ALEXANDER SCHOTT It helps if you have a string of five or six or seven good drafts to develop a team, JON GRUDEN Do. Then talk. In that order. SOTERO M LOPEZ II If you want a revenge, don't hold it. It poisons you. Either you just let the grudge go, or mak... TOBA BETA You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you a... PAULO COELHO If the tax payers want to pay the money to help fix it up, but they have to make it attractive for t... CONRAD SMITH service can have no meaning unless one takes pleasure in it. When it is done for show or for fear of... MAHATMA GANDHI If there is anything a public servant hates to do it is something for the public. KIN HUBBARD Most days I am in public. If I go to the store, with social media, I'm in public. It might as we... DWYANE WADE (The code) says if you're going to put the safety and health of the public in this facility, you wil... GRANT TOLBERT When Pinterest works well, it helps you find things that are meaningful to you. We want to build a s... BEN SILBERMANN We will use it if it is necessary and if it is a bona fide, legitimate public use. But we will not u... MAYOR MICHAEL MONTANDON If it is a public health emergency, we're going to be in a sorry state if Homeland Security is in ch... BILL WAUGH The same ocean of love became the ocean of sorrow in which I drowned...
-Anshika ANSHIKA JAIN I love my destruction.
Cause I still love the cause of my destruction
-Anshika ANSHIKA JAIN She broke her own heart by holding him into it....
-Anshika ANSHIKA JAIN She craved for the moon, not knowing there were other stars in the sky too...
-Anshika ANSHIKA JAIN You know your value,
Only when someone else crumbles it...
-Anshika ANSHIKA JAIN To be street smart it takes respect of a persons ability to control their emotional state and to kno... GARY F EVANS... Just like any one of us, they started with no road map or guarantee of success. But they went out an... CAMILLE SWEENEY His name was engraved deep in the core of her heart..
- Anshika ANSHIKA JAIN I will lock my feelings up and throw the key in the ocean till someone comes, ready to hunt the dept... ANSHIKA JAIN It's funny.. I still love the person who made me lose my ability to love...
-Anshika. ANSHIKA JAIN Its like I'm a broken mirror.. Don't try to pick my shattered pieces or you will hurt yourself ....
... ANSHIKA JAIN The story was so broken that no one could ever find the missing pieces....
-Anshika ANSHIKA JAIN Their story was just a chapter to him...
-Anshika ANSHIKA JAIN You can't be a pussy all your life Todd. Someday you're just gonna have to say fuck it. DONALD RAY POLLOCK Fortunately, my care factor was now dangerously close to fuck-it levels. KYLIE SCOTT The point with public art, I think, is that it helps people form a sense that the place they live in... ANDY STEWART I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medicat... DANIEL GOLEMAN She will also outline her plan for the regulation and submit it to public consultation until end of ... MARTIN SELMAYR It helps them work on individual fitness. LISA WATERMAN It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy. NOLAN RYAN Our constituents paid into Social Security, and they want it paid back to them when they retire. Cut... DENNIS CARDOZA The Internet is a great public medium for exchanging information. But if you have information that y... CARL HOWE We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an exam... BARBARA JORDAN Public truth telling is a form of recovery, especially when combined with social action. Sharing tra... LAWRENCE N. POWELL If a company is distributing images and video then obviously they need bandwidth solutions. But if t... JACK LONDON (IT SPECIALIST) Whenever you have a good offense it definitely helps out the defense. I think it works both ways. JASON RIXFORD I always like to entertain, first of all, and if the readers take anything away from it that helps t... CECELIA AHERN
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