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In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.
Ambrose Bierce
Government
Intelligence
Cares
Our
Honored
Civilization
Highly
Exemption
Office
Rewarded
Form
Republican
There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.
William Hazlitt
Strong
Arises
Exemption
Fancied
Which
Prejudice
When I started with music, all I was looking for was to ensure I never had to live the life I grew up with. I wanted a foolproof exemption from pain and boredom. I wanted a life of constant amusement and leisure.
Josh Tillman
Life
Music
Looking
Pain
Live
Ensure
Constant
Boredom
Foolproof
Never
Had
Exemption
Up
Wanted
Grew
Leisure
Started
Amusement
One way to think of the tax system is as a massive Swiss cheese. Each hole is an exemption created by a chancellor in pursuit of good headlines - a hole waiting to be filled by the clever accountants who work for Starbucks or Jimmy Carr.
Daniel Hannan
Work
Good
Waiting
Cheese
Clever
Think
Jimmy
Way
System
One-Way
Pursuit
Headlines
Massive
Exemption
Accountants
Tax
Hole
Tax System
Created
Who
Each
Filled
Starbucks
Swiss
Chancellor
Russia is so feudal in its system of patronage and reward that it is virtually impossible for a leader to hand over power without controlling his successor or at least receiving an exemption from prosecution - something Mr. Putin granted his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, in 1999.
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Impossible
Reward
Power
Leader
Controlling
Virtually
System
Russia
Something
Putin
Prosecution
Over
Exemption
Without
Least
His
Hand
Feudal
Predecessor
Patronage
Successor
Granted
Receiving
In the U.S. you have a system of lobbying and influence on our policy and law makers which is incredibly pronounced. The gas industry spent $250 million getting an exemption from our Safe Water Act. Every one of those dollars is toxic; a contaminant in our political system. It disrupts the normal flow of justice, science, fact and reporting.
Josh Fox
You
Justice
Science
Water
Law
Political
Every
Lobbying
Incredibly
Our
Spent
Those
System
Fact
Toxic
Safe
Industry
Policy
Exemption
Makers
Dollars
Normal
Political System
Reporting
Getting
Influence
Which
Act
Million
Gas
Flow
I want to level the playing field for people who want to purchase health insurance as individuals, and that means eliminating the exemption for employer-sponsored health care.
Adam Hasner
Health
People
Care
Field
Purchase
Individuals
Health Care
Exemption
Health Insurance
Insurance
Want
Means
Who
Level
Playing
Playing Field