"Every member of my family was displaced by Katrina."

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Source : "Brazile: Bush came through on Katrina". www.cnn.com. April 25, 2013.

Donna Brazile

#My Family Quotes #Members Quotes #Katrina Quotes

“That's one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.”
“When black men started bearing arms, these people who we think of as being pro-gun are saying, 'We ought to change this law.”
“True listening is never self-effacement. We bring the whole self to the process, rather than denying self. When we truly listen, we aren't just waiting for someone else to decide something so we can get on with things, or so we don't have to decide for ourselves. We aren't giving away our own powers to be seen and heard. When we listen, first we listen to the parts of ourselves that are curious, in avoidance, afraid, angry, or proud. Then we can take a breath and sink, allowing those parts some space alongside the spaciousness of not knowing.”

Source : T. Thorn Coyle (2013). “Make Magic of Your Life: Passion, Purpose, and the Power of Desire”, p.34, Weiser Books
“The true optimist not only expects the best to happen, but goes to work to make the best happen. The true optimist not only looks upon the bright side, but trains every force that is in him to produce more and more brightness in his lifeâ€¦.”

Source : Christian D. Larson (2012). “The Optimist Creed”, p.285, Penguin
“Looking at it, I started crying. Maybe it was knowing that I had to give up the fantasy, the enormous life consuming fantasy , that someone or something was going to do this for me â€“ the fantasy that someone was coming to lead my life, to choose direction, to give me orgasms.”
“If we compare a severely defective human infant with a nonhuman animal, a dog or a pig, for example, we will often find the nonhuman to have superior capacities, both actual and potential, for rationality, self-consciousness, communication and anything else that can plausibly be considered morally significant.”
“A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it.”
“I've got a problem with my legs, they just can't walk past a chippy.”

Source : "Blue Moon Rising Over Sin City as Friends and Followers Flock to Local Hero" by John Rawling, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2007.

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