Quotes
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Mark Krikorian

"Well, nobody's being deported - nobody - practically. And so what the people down there getting is the American government is telling us that you're not going to be able to stay. But, in fact, they're letting almost everybody stay. And so what they're trying to do is show that at least some people are going to get deported."

Source : "A Closer Look At Obama Administration's Controversial Deportation Plans". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. December 26, 2015.

Mark Krikorian

#Government Quotes #People Quotes #Trying Quotes

“When you have a song on the radio your career and your life changes maybe for the better and maybe for the not so good depending on how it's going that day.”
“I don't think it's going to be possible for the next generation of writers to tell stories without telling stories about telling stories.”
“All I'm telling you to do is to be smart about it. Know that if this man isn't looking for a serious relationship, you're not going to change his mind just because you two are going on dates and being intimate. You could be the most perfect woman on the Lord's green earth-you're capable of interesting conversation, you cook a mean breakfast, you hand out backrubs like sandwiches, you're independent (which means, to him, that you're not going to be in his pockets)-but if he's not ready for a serious relationship, he going to treat you like sports fish.”
“When it comes to personnel issues, I act professionally and respectful of former employees. I just assume that's a two-way street. It's disappointing when it's not.”
“US academic institutions are being bought via funding by biotechnology firms which exert a vice-like grip on the US government.”
“Producing quality compost is the most important job on the organic farm. A lot of the problems I see on farms I visit could be solved by making better compost.”

Source : Eliot Coleman (1995). “The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener, 2nd Edition”, p.99, Chelsea Green Publishing
“Beauty lay not in the thing, but in what the thing symbolized.”

Source : Thomas Hardy (2016). “Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman”, p.360, Thomas Hardy
“Over the course of four rough, ego-shattering hours, the ayahuasca shows me that opening myself to love of Zoe and all others is the sure way to tap my deepest and most vital energetic reserves. The lesson is vivid, technicolor, indelibly imprinted on my psyche.”

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