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During Hurricane Sandy, we expended billions and billions of dollars, literally. In the handling of the emergency and the construction and the aftermath, trying to get people to come back to the affected communities. So I'm very proud of what the state did.

~Andrew Cuomo

Topics: Affected Aftermath Back Billions Billions Of Dollars Come Communities Construction Did Dollars Emergency Get Handling Hurricane Literally People Proud Sandy State Trying Very

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Disparity is Australia's worst social problem. Thousands of lives are slowly being crushed, while billions are wasted on thousands of little initiatives trying to 'close the gap.'

~Andrew Forrest

Topics: Australia Being Billions Close Crushed Disparity Gap Initiatives Little Lives Problem Slowly Social Thousands Trying Wasted While Worst

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Safe care saves lives and saves money. Adverse events like high levels of infection, blood clots or falls in hospital, emergency readmissions and pressure sores cost the NHS billions of pounds every year. There is a serious human cost, too, with patients ending up injured, or even dead. Most are avoidable with the right care.

~Andrew Lansley

Topics: Adverse Billions Blood Care Cost Dead Emergency Ending Even Events Every Falls High Hospital Human Infection Injured Levels Like Lives Money Most Patients Pounds Pressure Right Safe Saves Serious Too Up Year Nhs

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As a journalist, a big part of what you do is search for drama and conflict. And a lot of the backstory with 'Billions' is grounded in my journalistic background.

~Andrew Ross Sorkin

Topics: Background Big Big Part Billions Conflict Drama Grounded Journalist Journalistic Lot Part Search You

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The rarest of all things in American life is charm. We spend billions every year manufacturing fake charm that goes under the heading of public relations. Without it, America would be grim indeed.

~Anita Loos

Topics: All Things America American American Life Billions Charm Every Fake Goes Grim Heading Indeed Life Manufacturing Public Public Relations Rarest Relations Spend Things Without Would Year

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Evolution, climate change, and the construction of the physical universe down to its atoms are processes that we measure in millions or billions of years.

~Annalee Newitz

Topics: Atoms Billions Change Climate Climate Change Construction Down Evolution Measure Millions Physical Processes Universe Years

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Billions of dollars have been put into genetic research.

~Anne Wojcicki

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Our traditional oil and gas philosophy does not have conservation as a crucial component, and we can ill afford to continue to spend billions of dollars which are not reflected in the improved human capital of our country.

~Anthony Carmona

Topics: Afford Billions Billions Of Dollars Capital Component Conservation Continue Country Crucial Does Dollars Gas Human Ill Improved Oil Our Philosophy Reflected Spend Traditional Which

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It is not rational, never mind 'appropriate,' to impose billions of dollars in economic costs in return for a few dollars in health or environmental benefits.

~Antonin Scalia

Topics: Appropriate Benefits Billions Billions Of Dollars Costs Dollars Economic Environmental Few Health Impose Mind Never Rational Return

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If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, if we choose to keep a tax break for corporate jet owners, if we choose to keep tax breaks for oil and gas companies that are making hundreds of billions of dollars, then that means we've got to cut some kids off from getting a college scholarship.

~Barack Obama

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