"But the mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well as individuals, by the clamors of an impatient avidity for immediate and immoderate gain."

-- James Madison

#Voice Quotes #People Quotes #Body Quotes

“There is no power relation without the correlative constitution of a field of knowledge, nor any knowledge that does not presuppose and constitute at the same time power relations”

Source : Michel Foucault (2012). “Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison”, p.24, Vintage
“My coach told me if I broke the national record for the 200, I could run a 100.”
“I believe we are reincarnated. You, I, we reincarnate over and over. We live many lives, and store up much experience. Some are older souls than others and so they know more. It seems to be an intuitive "gift." It is really hard-won experience.”
“Las Vegas doesn't allow ( tourism ) to dictate the social norms of their community. We don't have to be a boring town that no one is willing to come to. ( But, ) we can't let tourism be the reason for not taking action. Accountability is not there. As a community we can be different. We don't have to be what our visitors are. We can work at policies that will make us a vibrant healthy resort community.”
“The revival of consumers saving their money for retirement - rather than expecting their homes to provide the cushion - added with 'move down' buyers will depress real-estate prices.”
“We used to send whole flocks of birds shooting out of our mouths and never managed to grab them by their wings.”
“What I accomplished definitely wasn't achieved by myself. Without others, none of this would have been possible.”

Source : "Smith's feet flashing to a new beat" by Scott Pitoniak, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, p. 1D, 7D, June 3, 2007.
“Of all the life skills available to us, communication is perhaps the most empowering.”

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