"According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts."

-- Ferdinand Mount

#Iraq Quotes #White Quotes #House Quotes

“Beginning in the 1800s with the Industrial Revolution, when women started to go into the formal workforce, leaving working at home to working in factories, countries realized they needed to do something. And they started to pass paid maternity leave.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true.”
“Lothaire:Hate scars. I'm physically flawless--why can't everyone be? Everywhere Lothaire went, people stopped and stared. Of course, then they usually ran.”
“The key to lasting happiness and real pleasure in this world is not found in seeking gratification, but in pleasing God. And while the Lord desires that we enjoy His gifts and the people to whom we are joined, He wants us to know that we were created first for His pleasure.”
“I'm more conservative with make-up. My everyday look is a bit of concealer with lots and lots of mascara.”
“Hamilton awkwardly folded himself into the passenger seat. "Couldn't you get something bigger?" he asked as he banged his knee against the dashboard. "We're supposed to be a diversion," Jonah said. "Got to make an entrance. Can't do that in a minivan, Giganto Boy. Can't do much in a minivan except look about as uncool as it gets." "Hey! My dad drives a minivan." "Snap.”
“That was the way with grief: it left you alone for months together until you thought that you were cured, and then without warning it blotted out the sunlight.”

Source : JOSEPHINE TEY (1952). “The Singing Sands”
“That's what character is, it's in the trying.”

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