"We live in a very powerful country that has worldwide impact. It really is a democracy, so it puts a call to the faithful to get off the couch, right now! I hope we don't have one in three African American kids hungry 10 years from now. There is no reason for that. Forget everything else. We know how to feed kids. We can feed kids without distorting incentives and stuff."

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Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

David Beckmann

#Country Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Kids Quotes

“We cannot separate the air that chokes from the air upon which wings beat.”

Source : "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" by John Perry Barlow, www.eff.org. February 8, 1996.
“Rock 'n' roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands I went that way because I wanted a home of my own. I had a family. I had to raise them. Let's don't leave out the economics. No way.”
“Indeed I am inclined to go so far as to say that the one cause for which one may properly make war is the cause of peace.”

Source : Charles Chatfield, Bertrand Russell, Ralph Barton Perry (1972). “ETHICS OF WAR”, Dissertations-G
“[On Italy:] ... the country where kindness to strangers is a religion, you can't turn your head without seeing something beautiful, and you can't get a bad meal if you try.”

Source : Mary McGrory, Phil Gailey (2006). “The Best of Mary McGrory: A Half-Century of Washington Commentary”, p.59, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“It's no use locking the door after the steed is stolen.”
“I got into comedy so I could stay out all night.”
“What's interesting about Twitter and the influencers that someone follows - like, say, Shaquille O'Neal - is that they see someone who is using the exact same tools that they have access to, and I think that inspires this hope to be able to really engage with someone like him.”
“When life hands you a lemon, squeeze it and make lemonade.”

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