"The mercy caravans are through there the medicine refugees flowing out. It makes the United States look very bad here. And much more like an occupation force than it did before."

-- Jon Lee Anderson

#Medicine Quotes #United States Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Our society cannot afford a two-tiered system in which the affluent have access to superior education, while everyone else is subjected to a dull and incoherent classroom experience. Academic excellence, educational equity, and fairness demand a strong foundation of knowledge for all learners.”
“While I've said that there are plenty of things I dislike about the South, I can be clear that there are things I love about the South.”
“Age, like distance lends a double charm.”
“My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing.”
“In life, the number of beginnings is exactly equal to the number of endings ... In poetry, the number of beginnings so far exceeds the number of endings that we cannot even conceive of it.”

Source : Mary Ruefle (2012). “Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures”, p.1, Wave Books
“Half the human race can change its name and sometimes its nation without suffering â€” at least half! All women!”
“These are the best reasons to do anything in life. People who say things like this are the kind of people who change the world. Who prevent the world from ending. Or at least they can change the inner world of a reader and that is a sacred power.”
“The ACLU's got to take a lot of blame for this.”

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