"I've had meetings with Fidel Castro. I've had meetings with Kim Il-Sung. I've had meetings with other dictators. I've met with the Butcher of Beijing. You know, I think it's important to hear, you know, each other's perspective."

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Source : "Code Pink Targets Congressman Gary Ackerman's Boat". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. July 10, 2008.

Gary Ackerman

#Thinking Quotes #Perspective Quotes #Important Quotes

“You Cannot Live as I Have Lived and Not End Up Like This: The Thoroughly Disgraceful Life & Times of Willie Donaldson.”
“To use an electronics analogy, closing a book on a bookmark is like pressing the Stop button, whereas when you leave the book facedown, you've only pressed Pause.”
“When I was young, I used to have successes with women because I was young. Now I have successes with women because I am old. Middle age was the hardest part.”
“Trees for example, carry the memory of rainfal. In their rings we read ancient weather - storms, sunlight and temperatures, the growing seasons of centuries. A forest shares a history which each tree remembers even after it has been felled.”

Source : Anne Michaels (2009). “Fugitive Pieces”, p.123, A&C Black
“My voice is not so much 'bel canto' as 'can belto'.”
“...Many of us are perpetual reactors. We let other people determine our actions and attitudes. We let other people determine whether we will be rude or gracious, depressed or elated, critical or loyal, passive or dedicated.”
“I understand when u feel overwhelmed style is the 1st thing to go, but its also the 1st thing you can pick back up to get you back on track.”
“Humour is the best way to make the unbearable bearable.”

Source : Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows (2009). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”, p.31, A&C Black

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