"President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how."

-- Barbara Boxer

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“For years, overseas, the U.S. has been willing to not only tolerate what is in effect violent fascism, but implement it in country after country after country, in Latin America, in Africa, in Asia, overthrowing elected governments and backing the rise of military dictatorships.”

Source : Source: www.democracynow.org
“Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.”

Source : James Garner, Jon Winokur, Julie Andrews (2012). “The Garner Files: A Memoir”, p.98, Simon and Schuster
“"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.”
“Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.”

Source : Robert F. Kennedy (1964). “The Pursuit of Justice”, New York : Harper & Row
“If you're going to win the race you have to be a participant”
“Poetry is the breath of beauty.”

Source : Leigh Hunt (1847). “Fiction and matter of fact. Inside of an omnibus. Day of the disasters of Carlington Blundell. Visit to the zoological gardens. A man introduced to his ancestors. Novel party. Beds and bedrooms. World of books. Jack Abbott's breakfast. On seeing a pigeon make love. Month of May. The Giuli tre. Few remarks on the cure vice called lying. Criticism on female beauty. Of deceased statesmen who have written verses. Female sovereigns of England”, p.249
“I feel that I communicate best when I am not deliberately being linear. Along this same line, I feel some of the best sermons I've ever heard were in the theatre rather than the pulpit - as, for example, in the Theatre of the Absurd.”
“I think we each have a personal sweet spot as well. It's the state of mind in which we experience the most joy and satisfaction in being ourselves. And from that place of pleasure and joy in being ourselves, energy arises to flow out into our day bringing with it the depth and resonance of our own beingness, bringing with it blessing.”

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