"Out of the agony and travail of economic America the Committee for Industrial Organization was born."

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Source : Labor and the Nation, delivered 3 September 1937 in Washington D.C.

John L. Lewis

#Agony Quotes #Organization Quotes #America Quotes

“Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.”
“Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And because we have understood that our source is eternal, America has been different. We have no king but Jesus.”

Source : John Ashcroft´s Speech at Bob Jones University, www.nytimes.com. January 13, 2001.
“I've stayed true to my music and I sing heartfelt songs with a message.”
“From birth to the teenage years, the brain undergoes a fourfold increase in volume”

Source : Eric Jensen (2005). “Teaching with the Brain in Mind”, p.11, ASCD
“As far as I know, you only get one shot at this life. It only goes round once and time is precious. When I'm not working, you'd better spend that time with someone important.”
“That we ought, once for all, heartily to put our whole trust in GOD, and make a total surrender of ourselves to Him, secure that He would not deceive us.”
“Art becomes a spiritual process depending upon the degree of commitment that you bring to it. Every experience becomes direct food for your art. Then your art teaches you about life.”
“Which isn't the truth, you understand. At least you understand that in your head...but not always in your heart.”

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