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"All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against the others."
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"And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it."
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"Major policy reform in the petroleum sector. Under the new Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing Policy, there will be pricing and marketing freedom and a transparent revenue-sharing methodology. This will eliminate many layers of bureaucratic controls."
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"The world economy would collapse if a significant number of people were to realize and then act on the realization that it is possible to enjoy many if not most of the things that they enjoy without first having to own them."
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"Belonging to the working class is the economy's punishment for those who did what they were told to do in class."
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"India is undergoing profound transformations. We are today the fastest growing economy in the world. We want the Indian economy to be driven by smart and sustainable cities, robust farm sector, vibrant manufacturing and dynamic service sector. And, its engines to run on world class network of rails, roads, airports and digital connectivity."
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"Thrift is poetic because it is creative, waste is unpoetic because it is waste."
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"Money is representative, and follows the nature and fortunes of the owner...The farmer is covetous of his dollar, and with reason. It is no waif to him. He knows how many strokes of labor it represents. His bones ache with the days' work that earned it. He knows how much land it represents - how much rain, frost and sunshine. He knows that, in the dollar, he gives you so much discretion and patience, so much hoeing and threshing. Try to lift his dollar; you must lift all that weight. In the city, where money follows the skit of a pen or a lucky rise in exchange, it comes to be looked on as light."
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"Why do people look to the government to fix the economy? It's mind-boggling."
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"The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn."
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"Another point of economy is to look for seed of the same kind as you sow, and not to hope to buy one kind with an other kind. Friendship buys friendship; justice, justice; military merit, military success...Yet there is commonly a confusion of expectations on these points. Hotspur lives for the moment, praises himself for it, and despises Furlong, that he does not. Hotspur of course is poor, and Furlong is a good provider. The odd circumstance is that Hotspur thinks it a superiority in himself, this improvidence, which ought to be rewarded with Furlong's lands."
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"I have an old saying that the harder I work, the luckier I get."
Work

"Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they're not teaching because of the financial rewards."
Finance

"I wish we could have acted quicker on Detroit or other failing schools."
Education

"While America's infrastructure needs are substantial, there is no reason to delay completion of the highway bill. Every day of delay means jobs lost, investment opportunities missed and growth sacrificed."
Growth

"As you look around the country there are still a significant number of states where their whole school debate is over school funding and we've been focused on the quality debate for most of the '90s."
Quality

"I'm very pleased with the job President Bush is doing and he's off to a terrific start."
Job

"And there should not be a limit on the creation of new public schools. We ought to expand choices for parents."
Choice

"Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take."
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"We have broken the cycle of dependency. People have found out they're better off working."
People

"Michigan is also the only industrial state that has a AAA credit rating."
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