Here's a guy who tried to peddle a novel and someone came and said, 'Don't make it a novel, make it a memoir.' He took the novel and sold it as a memoir?(His agent) clearly knew what she was dealing with. Richard Cohen
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![[Sen. Richard Cohen (DFL-St. Paul), who authored legislation calling for inflation to again be considered in state budget projects, was less tactful.] We knew that if you don't budget for inflation it will catch up with you, ... Three dollars a gallon for gas was not predictable, but rising costs were certainly predictable. We had an ostrich-buries-his-head-in-the-sand approach to the budget because we were trying to get through the session without admitting we had to raise taxes. - Richard Cohen Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBSaWNoYXJkIENvaGVuICAgIA==&num=1 "[Sen. Richard Cohen (DFL-St. Paul), who authored legislation calling for inflation to again be considered in state budget projects, was less tactful.] We knew that if you don't budget for inflation it will catch up with you, ... Three dollars a gallon for gas was not predictable, but rising costs were certainly predictable. We had an ostrich-buries-his-head-in-the-sand approach to the budget because we were trying to get through the session without admitting we had to raise taxes. - Richard Cohen Quotes")
