"There is no doubt that many expensive national projects may add to our prestige or serve science. But none of them must take precedence over human needs. As long as Congress does not revise its priorities, our crisis is not just material, it is a crisis of the spirit. Considering the city of New York's financial shortfall."

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Source : The New York Times, p. 69, April 25, 1971.

Nelson Rockefeller

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“If you try to break into my house, you will be severely lacerated and possibly electrocuted, and I'm fine with that. Because if you're breaking into my house, you're on your own.”
“It's like suddenly in the Middle Ages, people figured men should be in charge of women's bodies since they were in charge of pretty much everything else”

Source : Inga Muscio (2002). “Cunt: A Declaration of Independence”, p.56, Seal Press
“Madonna, eat your heart out. Britney Spears, eat your heart out. I would say we have diamond records coming - they're gonna sell 10 million-plus.”

Source : "Montag-Spears duet sparks 'Dramatic' tension". March 4, 2008.
“Obviously my game wasn't too good at Augusta, I had a couple of technical faults, the posture wasn't too good. It's a bit unfortunate because I was playing a lot of good golf, but when I got sick (flu) before The Masters, that was bad timing and I wasn't quite myself.”
“The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.”

Source : Letter to John Forster, 1850.
“He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.”
“I would only have been too pleased if someone had asked me for my data. If you really believed in your data, you wouldn't mind someone looking at it. You should be able to respond that if you don't believe me go out and do the measurements yourself.”
“I let him know a hurt had been mended in a way that he couldnâ€™t have known, and for that alone there would always be a piece of me indebted to him.”

Source : Jojo Moyes (2012). “Me Before You: A Novel”, p.353, Penguin

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