"All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certainly in Syracuse, N.Y., where I live."

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Dana Spiotta

#Wall Quotes #Streets Quotes #Feels Quotes

“But when I am around strangers, I turn into a conversational Mount St. Helens. I'm dormant, dormant, quiet, quiet, old-guy loners build log cabins on the slopes of my silence and then, boom, it's 1980. Once I erupt, they'll be wiping my verbal ashes off their windshields as far away as North Dakota.”

Source : FaceBook post by Sarah Vowell from May 18, 2015
“They can't save enough without fundamentally altering the line, and for that, you have to go back to the voters.”
“If anything good is going to emerge out of this, it's going to be the result of an acceptable modus vivendi between Ukraine and Russia. The two of them will have to get together at some point. It is going to be a result that many people in the West will not like, because Russia, as the bigger power, is going to get the better of the deal. So, a lot of people will say, that's appeasement. That's this - that - it's reality.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.”
“That little boy is driving well and he's putting well. He's doing everything it takes to win. So, you know what you guys do when he gets in here? You pat him on the back and say congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not serve fried chicken next year. Got it?" ... "or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve."”

Source : "Golfer says comments about Woods 'misconstrued'". www.cnn.com. April 21, 1997.
“America is a country that will not be broken by fear. And instead, America is a country blessed with citizens marked by goodwill and great resolve.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“None of those material possessions do anything to make your life any better.... I know a lot of people who have a lot of everything, and they're absolutely the most miserable people in the world. So it won't do anything for you unless you're a happy person and can have peace with yourself.”
“Greed has been severely underestimated and denigrated - unfairly so, in my opinion.”

Source : "The World According to Conrad Black". www.thestar.com. March 11, 2007.

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