"In today's integrated world economy, ... eradicating poverty may contribute as much to U.S. security as eradicating terrorism."

-- Lester R. Brown

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“You know the Singaporean. He is a hard-working, industrious, rugged individual. Or we would not have made the grade. But let us also recognise that he is a champion grumbler.”
“They call Ray Robinson the best fighter, pound for pound. I'm the best fighter, ounce for ounce.”
“I think at the time I wasn't very happy about it [marriage], but actually it made me a stronger person, you find out things about yourself that maybe you hadn't realized. I think you can get quite consumed by a relationship when you are younger and I really valued that time for me as well, although I didn't think it at the time.”
“I never take any notice to what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.”
“For example, in painting the form arises from abstract elements of line and color, while in cinema the material concreteness of the image within the frame presents - as an element - the greatest difficulty in manipulation.”

Source : Sergei Eisenstein (2014). “Film Form: Essays in Film Theory”, p.78, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“What a lot of folks feel - and some of the other commenters have mentioned this - is that there isn't a very clear way for somebody who's working-class, who is middle-income to really get ahead in 21st century America. That implicates our education system. It also implicates our local and regional economies. And I think that folks will expect Trump to fix a lot of those things. But, of course, it's a really tall order, and it's not going to happen overnight.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“You can tell when you're in a hit.”
“It's sick that I experienced a once in a lifetime love - still as strong as the day it happened - & have been punished every single day since.”

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