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When you have to earmark human and monetary resources for such a long time, it starts to hinder your other activities.
Ratan Tata
Time
You
Long
Long Time
Starts
Other
Earmark
Resources
Hinder
Human
Your
Such A Long Time
Activities
Monetary
We'd all like to increase pleasure and minimize pain, but the truth is, suffering, even collective suffering that we're going through, is often the earmark that some real change is happening.
Pete Holmes
Truth
Change
Suffering
Truth Is
Collective
Pain
Increase
Earmark
Pleasure
Minimize
Some
Through
Like
Real
Going
Often
Happening
Even
Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington.
John Boehner
Faith
Broken
Business
People
Ending
Listening
Become
Congress
Earmark
About
Dead
Ban
American
American People
Usual
Shows
Serious
Washington
Symbol
House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.
John Boehner
Hope
Trust
Will
Earmark
President
President Obama
Pressing
Critical
Obama
Follow
Follow Through
Restore
Adopting
Join
Through
Step
Leaders
Support
Taking
House
Democratic
Democratic Leaders
His
Ban
Senate
Public
Republicans
Public Trust
Now
United
Maybe it's my age that makes me very conscious of loose threads, but I don't think that's an earmark of a fine product. And whenever I have a deep-seated feeling like that, I convey it to the person who made it. Sometimes they curse me, and sometimes they thank me.
Stanley Marcus
Me
Age
Sometimes
Made
Feeling
Think
Earmark
Fine
Threads
Like
Loose
Makes
Very
Thank
Person
Maybe
Whenever
Curse
Convey
Product
Who
Conscious
The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better eye for earmarks with 'merit.'
Tom Coburn
Needs
Management
Better
Earmark
Favor
Eye
Factory
Merit
Over
New
Demolished
Up
May
Turned
Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.
Jeff Flake
Earmark
Lobbyists
Member
Out
Committee
Just
Staff
Forms
Turned
Request
Then
Many
Filled
Actually