"The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic."

-- Ben Vereen

#Daughter Quotes #Mother Quotes #Tragic Quotes

“The downhill path is easy, but there's no turning back....”

Source : Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.260, Delphi Classics
“The KXL pipeline would make it easy and cost effective for oil producers in Canada to transport oil to the Gulf of Mexico where it could be shipped to customers - not just in the United States - but around the world.”

Source : "Is the Keystone XL Pipeline a Good Deal for Americans?" by Sen. Ron Wyden, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 17, 2011.
“This partisan decision by a packed GOP state Supreme Court takes away worker's rights to bargain for a safe place to work. It underscores the need to vote for me in Aug. 12th primary. As governor, I will call a special session of the Legislature on day one to restore workers' rights, health care and retirement.”
“The Secret Life of Bees proves that a family can be found where you least expect it-maybe not under your own roof, but in that magical place where you find love. The Secret Life of Bees is a gift, filled with hope!”
“I think I always disappoint people, because they always expect someone very pretty. Very done. Thereâ€™s so much pressure to be thin, blonde and busty. Iâ€™m skinny, but even I couldnâ€™t fit into some of the clothes in L.A! In a funny kind of way, I think you create it yourself. I think itâ€™s much better to go with the flow and embrace your body, whatever shape it is, and just be happy.”
“You just wish sometimes that people would treat you like a human being rather than seeing your gender first and who you are second.”

Source : "Never mind glass ceilings, what about glass skirting boards?". Interview with Kevin Maguire, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2003.
“We love a world in which the people in the white hats get rewarded and the people in the black hats pay the price. And that I have to say doesn't happen very often, particularly in a very complex economy. We're in a time of panic where people have lost trust in what the banks are doing, what the investment firms are doing - lost trust beyond a level of reasonableness, to be honest. And, it's got to be stopped.”

Source : "Religion&Ethics NewsWeekly" with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. September 19, 2008.
“Now shut the engines off. Come down and flatten out, feel the long float, and at the given moment pull the stick right home. She's down. Now taxi in. Switch off. It's over - but not quite, for the port engine, just as if it knew, as if reluctant at the last to let me go, kicked, kicked, and kicked again, as overheated engines will, then backfired with an angry snorting: Fool! The best is over ...But I did not hear.”

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