"I have no ego investment in being on the air. I don't knock others for whom that kind of attention is like oxygen, but I don't miss anything about it."

-- Hugh Downs

#Air Quotes #Oxygen Quotes #Missing Quotes

“At what point must a female senator raise her hand or her voice to be recognized over her male colleagues?”

Source : "Texas Gov. Calls Special Session, Reigniting Abortion Debate". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.kuow.org. June 27, 2013.
“Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.”
“Why can't everything be as easy as walking into H&M and putting a week's worth of clothes on a credit card?”

Source : Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus (2009). “Nanny Returns: A Novel”, p.215, Simon and Schuster
“I was taught that if you see a person drowning, you must jump into the water to save them, whether you can swim or not.”
“I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.”

Source : "London 2012 Olympics: Amputee Oscar Pistorius picked for men's 400m" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2012.
“I enjoy all aspects of singing and I'm luckily given the choice to be part of different styles of music.”
“Gentle time will heal our sorrows.”
“Accustom yourself to tireless activity.”

Source : "The Book of Military Quotations". Book by Peter G. Tsouras, p. 23, 2005.

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