"The worst thing in life is boredom. When people don't know what to do with themselves, they are very, very poor."

-- Alice Herz-Sommer

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“Some Democrats and their advocates in the press believe Obamacare, a year into implementation, is no longer much of a factor in the midterm elections. But no one has told Republican candidates, who are still pounding away at the Affordable Care Act on the stump. And no one has told voters, especially those in states with closely contested Senate races, who regularly place it among the top issues of the campaign.”
“There are those who never stretch out the hand for fear it will be bitten. But those who never stretch out the hand will never feel it clasped in friendship.”
“And if you think you're alone. Put on my music. Because I'm going to be there for you.”
“There are limits to reforming a system that is dominated by these massive and rapacious corporations.”

Source : Source: www.socialistalternative.org
“For nearly 11 years, now, we have been on this mission; we call it, "climbing Mt. Sustainability", a mountain higher than Everest, to meet at that point at the top that symbolizes zero footprint-zero environmental impact. Sustainable: taking nothing, doing no harm.”
“There's a slope down toward evil, a gentle gradient that can be ignored at each step, unfelt. It's not until you look back, see the distant heights where you once lived, that you understand your journey.”

Source : Mark Lawrence (2013). “Emperor of Thorns”, p.333, Penguin
“It's much less romantic in that you have to go to www.cia.gov and click "Apply Now." For me it was much more clandestine.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“I'm the Nickelodeon version of DangerMouse.”

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