"If I want to die, what am I saving myself for?"

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Source : Joanne Greenberg (2004). “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”, New Amer Library

Joanne Greenberg

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“This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people's lives instead of your life, you're going to be okay.”
“Rosa Parks was the queen mother of a movement whose single act of heroism sparked the movement for freedom, justice and equality. Her greatest contribution is that she told us a regular person can make a difference.”
“The bottom has fallen out of America's wage floor. And the erosion of the minimum wage has lowered pay and working standards for all of us.”

Source : "$7.25 an hour is not a living wage" by Richard Trumka and Christine Owens, www.cnn.com. December 2, 2013.
“The fact is five months ago this was an issue that people weren't really talking that much about. Because of the president's leadership, because he's brought it to people's attention, it's now a top issue.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. June 5, 2005.
“I was a grunt, walking around in the jungle of Vietnam, trying not to find the enemy. Because I am so big, they were going to give me either a heavy radio or a huge machine gun to carry. I carried a radio.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The greatest ability in the whole human race and all amongst the livingness, is the ability to help.”
“It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers.”

Source : Priesthood Session of Jordan Utah South Regional Conference, March 01, 1997.
“Say, heavenly pow'rs, where shall we find such love? Which of ye will be mortal to redeem Man's mortal crime, and just th' unjust to save.”

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