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Related What they do is figure out a way to come up with a scam deduction or something like that, and it doe... CARRIE RESCH If you took the sales-tax deduction instead of the income-tax deduction when you itemized, then your... BOB SCHARIN They might receive a refund even if they didn't pay a lot of taxes. JACKIE KELLER If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love the... JESUS CHRIST If they wanted to broaden it, then give a tax refund or lower the state taxes. JACK MCKAY We do our own private protection for our own cell phones. The reality is everything is available to ... KIM ANDREE I have done those for people who have received those letters and they find out they have a refund. CYNTHIA JEANGUENAT If you can demonstrate and prove that that gas already has a similar fee applied to it, then you won... BECKY CARROLL Long-time viewing of Internet violence tend to change a person's temperament, making the person pron... YOU QUANXI If positive and healthy materials are absent, negative materials are sure to be dominant in the cybe... YOU QUANXI In a robust global business environment, our business units operated well in the first quarter. More... HARRY YOU The Board of Directors and I are pleased to recognize Peter's outstanding contribution to the succes... HARRY YOU We are pleased to close the books on 2004 following the painstaking review of almost five years of f... HARRY YOU If I'm going to be the nagging mother type, if you have a lot of debt, especially high-interest cred... KAY BELL You can't get the refund if you don't file a return. CHRISTOPHER MILLER If you expect a refund, file early. STEPHEN BARNES If something is not covered by insurance, or if you're uninsured or underinsured, it's reasonable to... DR. EDWARD LANGSTON If you don't create a good message about your dreams, those who were created to pay for it can't fin... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR In life, if you are refused membership to a club, you get a refund check for dues paid; what happens... FELIX WANTANG There is no limit to the good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. GENERAL GEORGE CATLETT MARSHALL Typically, in a separately managed account, the fee that you pay as an investor includes transaction... DOUGLAS GILL It is in the interests of Yahoo and AOL that their users receive and read the premium spam, as this ... JAMES TURNER Know your worth and love yourself in such a way that anyone who is no good for you, wont be able to ... NIKKI ROWE Okay, seriously, I dont know if this is true or not, but I heard people who use profanity are trying... SIMONE ELKELES We did business with an authority in Iraq. The same authority tells our agent that you have to pay a... LEIF JOHANSSON In order to receive a refund, your tax return must be filed within three years of its due date. And ... BILL STEINER You have more to fear from those who think they know you,Than from those who know they dont. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. RONALD REAGAN I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over yo... WALT DISNEY If you owe money it will be added to your tax bill. If you expect a refund it will be deducted. GRETCHEN DYKSTRA You do not need to hire a firm. There is no fee for obtaining what is rightfully yours. KAREN WALSH If today you don't have time for those who gave all their time for you yesterday then tomorrow they ... AMIT ABRAHAM Generally, if you buy a software product to prepare your taxes, you must use their system to e-file. JUDY MONAHAN I suppose they're like the I.R.S., ... You move once and they never send you your refund check. PRESTON STURGES Those who find no humor in faith are probably those who find the church a refuge for their own black... CHARLES M. SCHULZ In Survivor and Finder's Fee, it is about what you would do if you could get away with it. Survi... JEFF PROBST If you can do it, why you won't do it??? If you have chance why you won't use it? DEYTH BANGER Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nat... BERNARD MELTZER If you're getting too large a refund back that means you've not done a good job of anticipating what... DENNIS MEANS If you're getting a refund, you'll get that refund sooner. CINDY HOCKENBERRY Who gets paid $100 an hour? The extensive-use fee is supposed to be based on the actual cost incurre... BARBARA PETERSEN You wanna get somethin'? First you gotta give somethin'. Those who do this without knowing it has al... EPHDAN My point is, there are a lot of people in the world. No one ever sees everything the same way you do... SARAH DESSEN Property taxes are still a major issue. If you do not want to pay taxes, let's get on with it and do... BRUCE WISAN If you've paid at least 90 percent of your current tax liability by April 15 or 100 percent of the p... CINDY FRAILING I have absolutely no problem charging a fee for those we're picking up who we're not obligated by st... CURT HOFF If you know their corporate culture, if you know their bright spots, if you know their problems, the... CONOR CUNNEEN Honor those who inspire you, who show you the way. The teachers, artists , writers, the healers. Res... EILEEN ANGLIN Zombies have no memories of their former life. You wont see the undead trying to wash windows or do ... MAX BROOKS Use what talents you have; the woods would have little music if no birds sang their song except thos... REVEREND OLIVER G. WILSON The insurance industry communicates through codes and check-off boxes. If there's no check-off box f... JACK ANDERSON When Sirius asked me if I wanted to program a channel committed solely to Elvis, it was a no-brainer... SCOTT LINDY Only those who truly love and who are truly strong can sustain their lives as a dream. You dwell in ... BEN OKRI The tribe is obligated by the settlement agreement to pay a fee for its children who attend the scho... JAY BENDER We want to make a special gesture towards those subscribers and advertisers who joined us in this ex... DU PLESSIS If you accept a punitive notion of God, who punishes or even eternally tortures those who do not lov... RICHARD ROHR There are four kinds of people in the world, Ms. Harper. Those who build walls. Those who protect wa... P.S. BABER ...you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't un... TERRY GOODKIND For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same... JESUS CHRIST It's well worth the fee because you save so much in estate planning if you do it right. AVERY NEUMARK I cannot accept these fee increases. This fee-increase program is nothing more than a financing mech... JOE CAMPBELL The real damage is done by those millions who want to 'survive.' The honest men who just want to be ... SOPHIE SCHOLL And if those who disbelieve fight with you, they would certainly turn (their) backs, then they would... QURAN For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those wh... BILL BRADLEY If we're afraid to stand in our own skin with those we work with, then how do we lead those who ... ERTHARIN COUSIN When you pay in advance, don't pay by check or cash. If you use a credit card, you may be able to re... FRANK WHITNEY Look at your 5 closest friends. Those five friends are who you are. If you don't like who you are... WILL SMITH When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like... CAROL CHANNING First you destroy those who create values. Then you destroy those who know what the values are, and ... RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI You're foursquare in a dilemma if you want to broaden the base and lower tax rates. If you broaden t... SCOTT HODGE It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. BALTASAR GRACIAN Do not find peace. Find passion. Find something you want to die for more than something you want to ... MICHELLE HODKIN Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love yo... SOPHOCLES Whenever possible, you want to pay planners a fee for their knowledge and services. After all, that'... JACK WAYMIRE If you dont get what you want,you wont want what you get. KENNETH ELLIOTT HUDSON If you choose great language and truthfully inspirational thinking you never have meaningfulness liv... JAMES WOOD Right now we charge a fee to recycle them, but we weren't charging a fee to landfill them. So we're ... GEORGE DRECKMANN There's no registration fee, it's by donation only. Even if it's only a dollar we want people to com... CONNIE HEARTY I have no use for people who throw there weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over yo... WALT DISNEY If you honestly give your best effort, and you fall short, then the problem is not with you. You can... AKIROQ BROST What advise to you offer to those who are awakened? If you have awakened I offer no advis... LELAND LEWIS We don't have a winner's mentality. We've lost so many close games. If you win those games, then whe... GENO PARRISH because if you can’t kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one wil... ORSON SCOTT CARD Conventional wisdom says if you're getting a large refund, it's a bad thing, that you've lent money ... GREG MCBRIDE One thing people need to know is that there's no regulation of who does taxes. Anyone can say they d... ELIZABETH COLVIN If they do not have insurance, they pay a low fee for quality health care. DENNIS YOUNG If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then do... ANAIS NIN If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then do... ANAïS NIN Do you like being a demographic? Do you like that? Fuck no you dont!! Eventually some motherfucker i... GERARD WAY This is our fight. This is the fight that defines us as a party and is the most worthwhile fight we'... JENNIFER HOWARD If you allow those who are the most vocal and most antagonistic to get a meeting with the president ... ARI FLEISCHER We have a lot of people come back after they've done their return, or we see it for the first year, ... BOB AUGUSTINE For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those wh... BILL BRADLEY If you have religious faith, very good, you can add on secular ethics, then religious belief, add on... DALAI LAMA if you want to search , search who care about you,Don't search person for use , those who want ... MOHAMMED ZAKI ANSARI No matter who you are or what you do for a living, it is important to look good at what you do. KAREN DURKIN It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. - T... BALTASAR GRACIAN If the sentence makes no sense to those who make a good difference ,then the same thought is futile ... ANUJ SOMANY With Typekit, you sign on, you pay a single subscription fee. We're including that as part of Cr... KEVIN LYNCH Seek always to do some good, somewhere. 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The very notion of truth has been put into crisis. In a world bloated... BARBARA KRUGER I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. BARBARA KRUGER I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation ... BARBARA KRUGER I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle. BARBARA KRUGER We never really know what's around the corner when we're filming - what turn a story will ta... BARBARA KOPPLE Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking. BARBARA KOPPLE I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmakin... BARBARA KOPPLE I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - w... BARBARA KOPPLE The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your bra... BARBARA KINGSOLVER The first sentence of a book is a promise. BARBARA KINGSOLVER For me, writing time has always been precious, something I wait for and am eager for and make the be... BARBARA KINGSOLVER Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't ca... BARBARA KINGSOLVER Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brav... BARBARA KINGSOLVER What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are, and without that you mi... BARBARA KINGSOLVER I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort ... BARBARA KINGSOLVER I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on be... BARBARA KINGSOLVER To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another that is surely the basic instinct - crying o... BARBARA KINGSOLVER Motherhood is so sentimentalised and romanticised in our culture. It's practically against the l... BARBARA KINGSOLVER Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of a... BARBARA KINGSOLVER What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact t... BARBARA KINGSOLVER It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time. BARBARA KINGSOLVER Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin. BARBARA KINGSOLVER What a writer can do, what a fiction writer or a poet or an essay writer can do is re-engage people ... BARBARA KINGSOLVER Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when th... BARBARA KINGSOLVER There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that har... BARBARA JORDAN