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I`ve actually considered going with my married name, Julia Hall, but all the paperwork.

- Julia Louis-Dreyfus

FEMA has promised us 100 percent reimbursement on our expenses. The governor said he didn`t want to hear about one human need that did not get met because of the paperwork.

- Jim Harris

You talk to the real cops and they say ninety percent of it is paperwork.

- Joe Mantegna

I love being a writer. What I can`t stand is the paperwork.

- Peter De Vries

Gay activist groups are already starting to instruct same-sex couples to file joint income tax returns, so the Bush Administration should establish procedures right now in order that the bureaucracy will know how to handle the paperwork.

- Phyllis Schlafly

So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn`t gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job.

- Monica Lewinsky

Honestly, I hope it`s just a paperwork problem. I haven`t seen any patterns to suggest anything else.

- David Jackson

I`ve seen more paperwork on animal control than I have on fatal accidents. I`m very disgusted by this process. I don`t know what`s going on here ... if there`s something underlying with the department, let`s look at that, too.

- Robert Peters

In the vehicle, paperwork connected Curtis Clark to five of the six guns seized in the raid. The guns were purchased only a few hours before he delivered them to the undercover agents.

- Joe Green

Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need.

- Christophe

More time on paperwork means less time spent with students or preparing lessons for students. It is as simple as that. The numerous reforms in the bill will go a long way to free our time of special educators.

- Christophe

Wal-Mart is coming to Jefferson, ... Don`t let anybody kid you. I am guessing right now that if the (Wal-Mart) people in Bentonville (Ark.) don`t already know the election results, they will know first thing in the morning and they will trot out the old annexation paperwork faster than Brian Calhoun can get a first down.

- David Olsen

(Pregnancy didn't occur as easily as they'd hoped, and the couple turned to adoption. Having decided to adopt a Guatemalan child, their paperwork was ready to go. Problems developed when that country's government had to change some procedures to be in compliance with the Hague Treaty, and those changes led to) an almost total shutdown of the adoptions, ... And so, thinking that we had no time to lose, we went '˜country shopping.' One of the few options open to us, since we are over 40, was Nepal.

- Sarah Hall

The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.

- Alan Baratz

OFSTED has made large cuts in the paperwork which schools are asked to provide and further steps to reduce the bureaucratic burden will be introduced in September.

- Alejandro Urrego

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

- Andy Taibl

They`re handicapped by old systems. They have personnel dealing with paperwork that can be handled electronically.

- Anthony Baccam

There`s one particular case where ... a tip came in in the morning, and by that night, the individual was identified and ... termination paperwork had begun on that individual. If we look at the inspector general`s office, that kind of turnaround is a new precedent for them. That`s why the mayor wanted to publicly applaud them and say, `Keep up the good work.`

- Bambi Spahr

Under the old rule, nearly all feedlots were required to have a permit. Now most only need to register, but still must comply with laws and rules to protect water quality. This allows us to focus on priorities while reducing paperwork both for producers and the agency.

- Barry Ancelet

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

- Wernher von Braun