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Life began three and a half billion years ago, necessarily about as simple as it could be, because life arose spontaneously from the organic compounds… — Stephen Jay Gould
We aren't leveraging this great economic engine, the strongest economy in the world. And yet we have this totally weak response. We import $500 billion… — Jennifer Granholm
In Congress, while the House's proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending - including healthcare and… — Jennifer Granholm
I'm not bragging but my movies have grossed well over a billion dollars. — Steve Guttenberg
We live in a quick-fix society where we need instant gratification for everything. Too fat? Get lipo-sucked. Stringy hair? Glue on extensions. Wrinkles and lines?… — Joan Collins
Death is a billion-dollar business. They can't even pass a law where it takes seven days to get a gun. Why don't you have to… — John Cusack
The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so… — Richard Dawkins
AIDS and malaria and TB are national security issues. A worldwide program to get a start on dealing with these issues would cost about $25… — Jared Diamond
A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money. — Everett Dirksen
To a billion people around the world surviving on just a dollar a day, the question of what to eat tonight is more about life… — Giada De Laurentiis
When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed. — Sylvia Earle
Obama came in and gave $700 billion to the bankers off the top as opposed to giving $700 billion to the poor. — Lupe Fiasco
When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one's… — Harvey Fierstein
I think we ought to ban earmarks. I think we ought to give citizens the opportunity to designate up to 10 percent of their federal… — Carly Fiorina
Whether you do a play in front of 100 people or a movie that one billion people see, you're still affecting people. — Luke Ford
Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo. — Kirk Hammett
It's estimated for every $1 billion we spend on road construction, nearly 48,000 jobs are created. — Dennis Hastert
In mid-May, the House of Representatives approved the full amount of money that the Veterans Administration said was needed for next year - plus an… — Doc Hastings
The world's richest half billion people - that's about seven per cent of the global population - are responsible for fifty per cent of the… — Tom Hodgkinson
In twenty years, the Lottery has raised over $1.4 billion. It has been run successfully and efficiently. — Jane D. Hull

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