"I'm hearing echoes of Bill Clinton, circa 1996, in President Obama's reelection rhetoric."

-- Ron Fournier

#Echoes Quotes #President Quotes #Reelection Quotes

“I have tried to show why I believe that the biologist is the most romantic figure on earth at the present day. At first sight he seems to be just a poor little scrubby underpaid man, groping blindly amid the mazes of the ultra-microscopic, engaging in bitter and lifelong quarrels over the nephridia of flatworms, waking perhaps one morning to find that someone whose name he has never heard has demolished by a few crucial experiments the work which he had hoped would render him immortal.”
“The English experience suggested that nobody really doubted the existence of God until theologians tried to prove it.”
“The status quo is a product of our culture or our culture is a product of the status quo - I'm sure which is the effect and which is the product - there is probably a feedback loop there that is mutually reinforcing. But we have a culture that says "Hey, look around. This place called Earth was created for you and you can do anything you want with it."”
“What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, ***** mind.”

Source : ELDRIDGE CLEAVER (1968). “SOUL ON ICE”
“To be a mother is a magical experience. The whole body is transformed by this.”
“I think life is really hard sometimes. It's not easy to wake up every day and go through what you go through. But the beautiful moments that you share with people that you love, or even experience alone, are worth all of the pain and sorrow. Those moments should be cherished, and I think that's what music is all about-to remind people of the beautiful moments that are in everybody's life”
“Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.”
“Nowadays I'd describe myself as earnest, terribly earnest. I'm the person who wants everybody in the room to feel important and happy.”

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