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It would be wonderful if the public sector were always great, or always terrible; or if the private sector were always great, or always terrible. Alas, reality is more complicated than comforting caricatures. Governments fail, and corporations fail.


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JON KATZ It's important to remember that the animals are not grieving with us. They're very accepting...
JON KATZ Why is it that if you take advantage of a corporate tax break you're a smart businessman, but if...
JON STEWART The two biggest things that translate from the pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience an...
JON LESTER One gets the impression that Elvis Presley does what his business advisors think will be most profit...
JON LANDAU The best thing is to go public only when you're absolutely sure that's the right move for th...
JON ORINGER That's the fun of going to a high school reunion: it's seeing the people who you were close ...
JON HURWITZ Presently, the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought ab...
JON PORTER There is a lack of talent in technology, and we need to be encouraging kids in school to learn how t...
JON ORINGER Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Po...
JON KATZ I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house...
JON STEWART When you get together with childhood friends, for example, there's an intimacy that you instantl...
JON TENNEY The Rolling Stones have been the best of all possible worlds: they have the lack of pretension and s...
JON LANDAU I'm just thankful I'm surrounded by good people.
JON PARDI Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines,...
JON SCIESZKA Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the...
JON SECADA I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once.
JON PARDI First of all, this whole idea of this one percent versus the 99 percent, it's a false statistic....
JON LOVITZ Gallien cứ băn khoăn không hiểu liệu có phải anh đã nhặt ở cuối bang thứ bốn...
JON KRAKAUER Ten years of character development affords you a lot. You get a chance to dig deeper and deeper and ...
JON TENNEY Bob Dylan may be the Charlie Chaplin of rock n' roll. Both men are regarded as geniuses by their...
JON LANDAU It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything els...
JON LANDAU I held top-secret security clearance.
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