{"author":"Bill Dedman","author_id":"Bill+Dedman","total_quotes":9,"quotes":[{"text":"In Illinois, where legislators are paid $45,000, plus as much as $10,000 for leadership work, about half are full-time politicians.","author":"Bill Dedman","tags":["work","politicians","where "],"id":38518,"author_id":"Bill+Dedman"},{"text":"Companies are accustomed to dismissing employees for misuse of computers at work.","author":"Bill Dedman","tags":["work","employees","companies "],"id":54311,"author_id":"Bill+Dedman"},{"text":"Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there's a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage to the reactor's core, which could expose the public to radiation. No tsunami required.","author":"Bill Dedman","tags":["strong","year","earthquake "],"id":78103,"author_id":"Bill+Dedman"},{"text":"While the House of Blues slogan has been 'In blues we trust,' its stages are usually filled with more reliable moneymakers - Neil Diamond and A Tribe Called Quest among them.","author":"Bill Dedman","tags":["blues","house","reliable "],"id":90983,"author_id":"Bill+Dedman"},{"text":"Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states.","author":"Bill Dedman","tags":["government","disclosure "],"id":163181,"author_id":"Bill+Dedman"},{"text":"Federal regulations forbid delaying inspections for fracture-critical bridges like the fallen Minneapolis bridge - the kind with a lack of redundancy in design, so that a single failure in a load-bearing part can cause the entire bridge to collapse.","author":"Bill Dedman","tags":["design","bridge","bridges "],"id":183180,"author_id":"Bill+Dedman"},{"text":"The colleges and other institutions of learning are going too far, in my opinion. I think 50% of those attending educational institutions, having the professions in view, would be better off with a common school education that would enable them to earn a living, rather than sit around in offices and wait for clients. W.A. Clark (MT Senator, 1901-1907).","author":"Bill Dedman","tags":["college","education","huguette-clark","montana","school-of-hard-knocks","senators","w-a-clark"],"id":274004,"author_id":"Bill+Dedman"},{"text":"Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure.","author":"Bill Dedman","tags":["children","fear","parents "],"id":374250,"author_id":"Bill+Dedman"},{"text":"I never bought a man who wasn't for sale. -W.A. Clark, ascribed.","author":"Bill Dedman","tags":["bribery","business","w-a-clark"],"id":400224,"author_id":"Bill+Dedman"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":9,"pages":1}}