"Remember that sign they hung up in an EPA office during the Reagan administration, "No good deed goes unpunished"? Under George Bush, no good science goes unpunished."

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Source : Grist magazine, January 03, 2005.

David Helvarg

#Office Quotes #Deeds Quotes #Epa Quotes

“McLeod's Daughters was my first regular job out of drama school, and my first full-time role. That was great because I learned a lot, in terms of working in front of the camera. I learned a lot of technical aspects that you take for granted once you know them, but you have to learn them somewhere, along the way. It was a bit of a training ground for me, working in front of the camera and also dealing with media.”

Source : "Dustin Clare SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 23, 2012.
“I invented it, Bill made it famous.”
“Just in case you get any ideas, know that Iâ€™ll be sleeping with a can of Mace in one hand and pepper spray in the other.â€ - Katie Jorlan's expression turned mocking. â€œJust in case you get any ideas, know that Iâ€™ll be sleeping with a feather in one hand and massage oil in the other.”
“Because of an adulterous affair I shall leave office in November.”
“How can you tell drops not to fall when rain exists.... How can you tell leaves not to fall when wind exist.... And how can you tell me not to fall in love when you exist.......”
“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.”
“The world grows bigger as the light leaves it. There are no boundaries and no landmarks. The trees and the rocks and the anthills begin to disappear, one by one, whisked away under the magical cloak of evening.”

Source : Beryl Markham (2012). “West with the Night”, p.109, Open Road Media
“By Oppression's woes and pains! By your sons in servile chains! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free! Lay the proud usurpers low! Tyrants fall in every foe! Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die!”

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