"The idea that the United States government would have to figure out what to do about the headscarf is simply ludicrous. We don't get involved in that."

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Diana L. Eck

#Government Quotes #Ideas Quotes #United States Quotes

“To be seen is the ambition of ghosts, and to be remembered is the ambition of the dead.”

Source : Norman O. Brown (1990). “Love's Body, Reissue of 1966 edition”, p.99, Univ of California Press
“We shall never understand the ethical system taught by Jesus unless we realize that he was a Jew, not only by birth, but that he lived and taught as a Jew; the Sermon on the Mount was addressed to his distracted fellow nationals.”
“Speaker John Boehner complained that Barack Obama ordered the U.S. military into combat in Libya without clearly defining the mission to the American people and Congress. See, apparently, you're only allowed to do that when invading Iraq.”
“The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.”

Source : Alexander Pope (1778). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Four Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements. Carefully Collated and Compared with Former Editions: Together with Notes from the Various Critics and Commentators”, p.297
“'Married with Children' was racy. It was sexist. It was a lot of things, but mostly it was funny.”
“The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most prone to it.”
“It's never too late to start the day over.”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Franti and Spearhead from Apr 29, 2010
“What's disappointing about @usopengolf is the fans not being about to walk around the course/get close enough to most of the greens to cheer. Fans are having a hard time walking the course. They can barely see anything from outside the ropes. I would be pissed if I paid a lot of money for tickets and could barely see the top players hit golf shots.”

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