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"Yes, deficits are a problem. I've been saying so for more than a quarter of a century now. But the problem is not the size of the deficit, it's the size of government's claim on our economy."
"The problem is, your ego sometimes tells you that you can do many things. But sometimes it's best to stay focused and be honest with yourself."
"I'm motivated by solving new and challenging problems, especially ones that people say can't or shouldn't be tackled."
"My ideology was, if I just make very happy music, very happy music, then people will forget about whatever their problems are. I will forget about my problems."
"Habits are funny things. What's funny, or rather tragic, is that bad habits are so predictable and avoidable. Despite this, there are people by the millions who insist on acquiring habits that are bad, expensive, and create problems. The habit they weren't going to get, got them!"
"When you are equal with another person, the problem of integration doesn't even arise."
"I had a lot of vocal problems when I was younger. I don't know if it's down to leading a healthier lifestyle or what but my range has increased."
"Upon the solution of this problem, or upon sufficient proof of the impossibility of synthetical knowledge a priori, depends the existence or downfall of metaphysics."
"The problem with the common person is that he is so unbearably common!"
"Always try in interviews to avoid the cliches about the problems of public life."
"The problem with fantasy is the greatest benefit of fantasy: it prevents us from living in the present moment."
"Most Americans approach the problems of the Middle East with a pro-Israeli bias - and rightly so."
"I feel sorry for men. They have more problems than women, because they now have to compete with women."
"The problem with most Americans is that they don't like any question that takes more than ten seconds to answer."
"[P]hilosophy . . .consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems."
"The problem with education is school."
"If you realize that the ultimate happiness for all depends not on disorder of the emotions for either sex, but in harmonizing the emotions, all the problems will vanish."
"Out here a man settles his own problems."
"I'm a human being and every human being has problems."
"Intrinsic value is not measured by how much money you make, it's measured by the size of the problem you solve."
