"I wanted a baby of color, to be honest, because I wasn't attached to the idea that I look like the biological mother. I liked the idea of the adoption being clear; it was and is not something I am interested in hiding."

-- Jennifer Gilmore

#Mother Quotes #Baby Quotes #Color Quotes

“If anything I think we connect to what our parents were listening to when they were our age. I'm listening to a lot of classical and electronic music, like Aphex Twin, non-vocal music.”
“House Speaker Pelosi worried about the opposition, the tone of it, perhaps leading to violence as it did in the 70s. Theres more recent examples of anti-government violence - occurring even in the mid-90s. Do you worry about that?”

Source : "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. September 20, 2009.
“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”
“The ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, and we must be contented to secure what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.”
“Even though it may seem counterintuitive, a comfort zone is a dangerous place to be.”

Source : Mary Lou Retton (2000). “Mary Lou Retton's Gateways to Happiness: 7 Ways to a More Peaceful, More Prosperous, More Satisfying Life”, Broadway
“The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.”

Source : John C. Calhoun “The Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 2”, Jazzybee Verlag
“Politics is theater. It doesn't matter if you win. You make a statement. You say, "I'm here, pay attention to me”
“The Internet is truly God's gift to the Chinese people.”

Source : Xiaobo Liu, E. Perry Link, Tienchi Martin-Liao (2012). “No Enemies, No Hatred”, p.103, Harvard University Press

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