"...we feel that our honor and safety require that Ft. Sumter should be in our possession at the very earliest moment."

-- Francis Wilkinson Pickens

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“because we don't have a Fairness Doctrine, and because we have further media consolidation, and because we have a craptastic corporate media, WE DON'T HAVE NEWS! We don't have an informed populous and we don't have a democracy... Everyone in the world knows that America, (in its current state, because of right-wingers) that the right wing arm of this country (that speaks for this country unfortunately) has no credibility when it comes to human rights or independent media.”
“Humility is the essence of repentance. Humility is selfless, not selfish. ItÂ doesn'tÂ demand its own way or speak with moral superiority. Instead, humility answers softlyÂ and listens kindly for understanding, not vindication.Â Humility recognizes that no one can change someone else, but with faith, effort, and the help of God,Â weÂ can undergoÂ our ownÂ mighty change of heart.”
“It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.”
“He didn't like very many people any more, or very many things either. He preferred not to be this way, but there it was, he was like that. His cynicism, a veteran's cynicism, was a thing that disturbed him all the time.”

Source : David Guterson (2009). “Snow Falling on Cedars”, p.25, A&C Black
“So we came to the Ritz hotel and the Ritz Hotel was divine. Because when a girl can sit in a delightful bar and have delicious champagne cocktails and look at all the important French people in Paris, I think it is divine.”
“It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions.”

Source : Interview With Alan Hall, www.scientificamerican.com. June 23, 1997.
“We read because they teach us about people, we can see ourselves in them,in their problems.And by seeing ourselves in them, we clarify ourselves, we explain ourselves to ourselves, so we can live with ourselves...”
“Enjoy your life...let loose, party hard and just have a good time :) <3”

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