"Ronald Reagan is the first modern President whose contempt for the facts is treated as a charming idiosyncrasy."

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Source : "On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency". Book by Mark Hertsgaard, 1988.

James David Barber

#President Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Facts Quotes

“As an artist, everybody has the opportunity to celebrate and speak their truth.”

Source : "Solange Knowles On Nas, Juvenile And Dance Moves". Interview with Frannie Kelley, www.wbur.org. February 12, 2014.
“It is a new intoxication - annihilation. It multiplies every emotion.”

Source : Philip Wylie, Edwin Balmer (2016). “When Worlds Collide”, p.97, Macmillan
“If you have a voice, sing; but if you have good arms, then go in for dancing.”
“I've always been prepared to write about the hard things. Only for healing, teaching, and enlightening purposes not to hurt or disparage anyone.”

Source : Elvira Carrizal-Dukes, www.epl.org. June 29, 2011.
“Peace dies when the framework is ripped apart. When there is no longer a place that is yours in the world. When you know no longer where your friend is to be found.”
“We have come too far, - struggled too long, - sacrificed too much and have too much left to do, - to allow that which we have achieved for the good of all to be swept away without a fight. And we have not forgotten how to fight.”
“When a person you love dies, it doesnâ€™t feel real. Itâ€™s like itâ€™s happening to someone else. Itâ€™s someone elseâ€™s life. Iâ€™ve never been good with the abstract. What does it mean when someone is really truly gone?”
“That's what life is - you follow where your heart leads you - at least I do.”

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