"The American middle class, it seems to me, is looking to politicians now to satisfy a pretty basic - and urgent - level of need. Yet people in the upper middle class - with their excellent health benefits, schools, salaries, retirement plans, nannies and private afterschool programs - have journeyed so far from that level of need that, it often seems to me, they literally cannot hear what resonates with the middle class. That creates a problematic blind spot for those who write, edit or produce what comes to be known about our politicians and their policies."

-- Judith Warner

#Retirement Quotes #Writing Quotes #School Quotes

“Decluttering tip: Ask yourself do I need this? How long has it been since I used this? Do I need so many?”
“Sometimes I think that just not thinking of oneself is a form of prayer. . .”

Source : Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1992). “The Astonishing World: Essays”, Houghton Mifflin
“I could have worse tags than 'Airmiles Andy' - although I don't know what they are.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it's hard to go back to sleep.”

Source : Fran Drescher (2002). “Cancer Schmancer”
“The podcast was kind of an afterthought, because I was just excited about being on the radio. Then I found that the podcast listenership is some 20 times what people are listening to on the radio.”

Source : "Scott Aukerman of Comedy Death-Ray". Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. June 22, 2010.
“This is what love does: It makes you want to rewrite the world. It makes you want to choose the characters, build the scenery, guide the plot. The person you love sits across from you, and you want to do everything in your power to make it possible, endlessly possible. And when itâ€™s just the two of you, alone in a room, you can pretend that this is how it is, this is how it will be.”
“Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time”
“An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.”

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