"Here is a bold embrace of internationalism. Let's join the rest of the world and go metric."

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Source : "Does Rick Perry deserve a second look from voters?". "The Five" with Eric Bolling, www.foxnews.com. June 4, 2015.

Lincoln Chafee

#World Quotes #Metrics Quotes #Embrace Quotes

“It's a lonely road for those of us who choose to be remarkable, and the path of convention can sometimes be appealing. That path is paved with safe lives, middle of the road monotony, and little chance of failure. But where's the fun in being like everyone else out there?”
“You couldn't hurt a fly." Actually I was pretty good at pinging flies right out of the air, but I tried to look appropriately harmless.”
“One thing I learned in sobriety is to stop being judgmental, to always be discerning. When I drive, that will be my bumper sticker.”
“We do not build speedways, but roads which correspond to the character of the German landscape.”

Source : "Vortrag in der Leipzig-Hochschule am 6.2.1934", Die Autobahn, 4/1934, p. 125, 1934.
“"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.”
“Mix the the gas with the lean, call that gasoline”
“Winters with strong frost and lots of snow like we had 20 years ago will cease to exist at our latitudes.”
“No one can be a sex kitten every day, and anyone who tells you that is lying.”

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