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Sheldon Whitehouse

"Five states - Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois and North Carolina - have been identified by the EPA as contributing significantly to Rhode Island pollution. As of 2010, 284 tall smokestacks - stacks over 500 feet - were operating in the United States: needles injecting poison into the atmosphere."

Source : "Good News in the Fight Against Bad Air" by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2012.

Sheldon Whitehouse

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“The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.”

Source : Akira Kurosawa (2011). “Something Like An Autobiography”, p.192, Vintage
“I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free. Amarillo by morning, Amarillo is where I'll be.”

Source : Song: Amarillo By Morning
“When we want to help the poor, we usually offer them charity. Most often we use charity to avoid recognizing the problem and finding the solution for it. Charity becomes a way to shrug off our responsibility. But charity is no solution to poverty. Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor. Charity allows us to go ahead with our own lives without worrying about the lives of the poor. Charity appeases our consciences.”
“As I was smoothing on the last handful across the top of my thigh, I noticed I had company. Lewus was standing there watching me, eyes half-closed but not in the least sleepy. He'd put on his blue jeans, but nothing else... very sexy. I couldn't help but take in the view.”
“Only with a leaf can I talk of the forest”
“The freedom of speech of private individuals includes the right to not agree, not to listen, and not to finance one's own antagonists.”
“To stay at my best, I have to stop talking during the preceding day.”
“And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very freeing.”

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