"Watching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only one thing worse than one-party autocracy, and that is one-party democracy, which is what we have in America today. One-party autocracy certainly has its drawbacks. But when it is led by a reasonably enlightened group of people, as China is today, it can also have great advantages."

-- Thomas Friedman

#Party Quotes #America Quotes #People Quotes

“Married and unmarried women waste a great deal of time in feeling sorry for each other.”
“Nothing needs to happen to a writerâ€™s life after they are 20. By then theyâ€™ve experienced more than enough to last their creative life.”
“Happy is the child who happens in upon his parents from time to time to see him on his knees, or going aside regularly, to keep times with the Lord.”
“I sympathize far more with heavier people than I ever will with thin. I'll never be thin. Let's be honest.”
“Father was afraid of laughter and joy. He was particularly afraid of ridicule. He was afraid that someone would say that humans are descended from apes. Or that the earth is much older than four thousand years. Or that someone would ask where Noah go his polar bears from. Or that someone would swear. Father was terrified.”

Source : Guus Kuijer (2012). “The Book of Everything”, p.77, Scholastic Inc.
“I must still look perplexed because Gale delivers the next line very slowly. â€œKatnissâ€¦heâ€™s still trying to keep you alive.â€ To keep me alive? And then I understand. The Games are still on.”
“She tells her love while half asleep, In the dark hours, With half-words whispered low: As Earth stirs in her winter sleep And puts out grass and flowers Despite the snow, Despite the falling snow.”
“I have spent a lot of time in the art world, and I guess I do listen to how people speak. I'm interested in what they say and how they say it.”

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