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"Big Government' is a lot less like a 'Big Brother', and a lot more like a mother-in-law."
"Americans spend 3 billion hours per year filling out tax forms and keeping tax records."
"Lefever describes his financing plan with modesty:"'Our detailed budget is realistic, but does not take into account the inflation that may occur before September 1983. The one place it could cut or reduce is item 7, the simultaneous interpreter services, if these services could be provided gratis by the U.S. government.'""In other words, the only way to make a saving on a U.S.-subsidized project is to take money out of another U.S.-subsidized column."
"Twenty-first century medicine must not be confined to a twentieth-century bureaucracy."
"I've never been married and I've no more desire to be married now than I ever have. I hate bureaucracy and I am not religious."
"Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism."
"It's no accident that in a bureaucracy getting fired is called 'termination,' as in ontological erasure."
"If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork."
"Now, come over here so I can pat you down.""But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure."He stood next to the armless statue. Terminus conducted a rigorous mental pat down."You seem to be clean," Terminus decided. "Do you have anything to declare?""Yes," Percy said. "I declare that this is stupid."
"But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested."
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"Some people are street-smart, some people are book-smart, but most people are just dumber than dirt."
"Just when you think you have life by the tail, it's likely to whip around and take a hunk outta your balls."
"Men are like beer. Some are bold and some are smooth. But every damn one of 'em has a big-ass head full of air."
"In the movie business, the ones we call Lucky are usually those idiots who are just too damn stubborn to take no for an answer. Come to think of it, the movie business is kind of like life."
"There isn't much a pan of warm Brownies and a glass of milk will fix. In less it's low grain prices. Or poverty. Or the national debt. I guess there are a few things, but nothing you have to worry about right this minute."
"Honesty is the best policy. But insanity is a hell of a lot more effective in court. So your set, McMullen."
"There aren't many things a man finds more appealing than loyalty. Unless it's a woman with really big knockers."
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