"We have 11 million people in this country that need a pathway to citizenship."

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Source : "Durbin: All illegal immigrants must have pathway to citizenship" by John Bresnahan, www.politico.com. February 10, 2013.

Dick Durbin

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Immigration Quotes

“We have to rise above bad fortune. We have to be in the good and enjoy the good, study and work and adventure and friendship and community and love.”
“Somehow it is the male's duty to put the best years of his life into work he doesn't like in order that he may "retire" and enjoy himself as soon as he is too old to do so. This is more than just the system - it is the credo. It is the same thing that prompted Thoreau to say, in 1839: 'The majority of men lead lives of quiet desperation.'”

Source : Sterling Hayden (2015). “Wanderer”, p.44, Pickle Partners Publishing
“So, is there an afterlife, and if so, what will it be like? I don't have a clue. But I am confident that the one who has buoyed us up in life will also buoy us up through death. We die into God. What more that means, I do not know. But that is all I need to know.”

Source : Marcus Borg (2012). “Speaking Christian: Recovering the lost meaning of Christian words”, p.107, SPCK
“A piercing satire, a poignant family drama and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty, loyalty, ambition and love.”
“Valentine had long ago observed that in a society that expected chastity and fidelity, like Lusitania, the adolescents who controlled and channeled their youthful passions were the ones who grew up to be both strong and civilized. Adolescents in such a community who were either too weak to control themselves or too contemptuous of society's norms to try usually ended up being either sheep or wolves- either mindless members of the herd or predators who took what they could and gave nothing.”
“A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.”
“Although the events we appear to perceive in dreams are illusory, our feelings in response to dream content are real. Indeed, most of the events we experience in dreams are real; when we experience feelings, say, anxiety or ecstasy, in dreams, we really do feel anxious or ecstatic at the time.”
“There is nothing like the camaraderie that one has with fellow drinkers. It is a club you never leave once you join. Well, willingly or easily.”

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