"The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments."

-- Donald Rumsfeld

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“The fact that the president (Michelle Bachelet) was out giving minute-to-minute reports a few hours after the quake in the middle of the night gives you an indication of their disaster response,”

Source : "Chile's earthquake was horrible - but it could have been so much worse" by Rory Carroll, www.theguardian.com. February 28, 2010.
“One of the first movies I ever saw was 'Batman,' based on the TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward.”
“To me the tabloid sensibility, in the best sense of the word, and I think people as like tabloids have receded as a kind of force in media people have started to associate the word "tabloid" with like National Enquirer and stuff like that.”
“I really believe action will always be there and will never disappear.”
“Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf”
“Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.”

Source : Jarvis Cocker (2011). “Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics”, p.147, Faber & Faber
“You have to be nicer to me," I said. Again he laughed. "What? I'm the King of nice. What are you talking about?" "You have to be nicer to me or... or..." "Or what?" he said. Still Lars, still charming and jokey, but with a thread of fear. It snaked in and pierced my numbness and almost broke my resolve. Almost, but not quite. "Or I have ti break up with you." I whispered What was there more to say? Nothing. So I hung up.”
“Wimbledon is not the tournament I love. I don't like how they treat the players. There are small things that don't cost them anything and they make such a big deal out of it. If they treat us this way, well, we have to treat them the same. We want to be respected, the way we respect Wimbledon, even if it is not the best Grand Slam on earth.”

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