"In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here for freedom and to pursue a better life. They arrive with next to nothing, work incredibly hard, learn a new language and new customs, and in a generation they become an integral part of our amazing nation."

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Source : "America’s Shameful Moments" by Jeff Hawkins, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 24, 2011.

Jeff Hawkins

#School Quotes #People Quotes #United States Quotes

“The finer the bait, the shorter the wait!”

Source : "Fictional character: The Riddler". "Batman/ A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away", www.imdb.com. 1966.
“Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.”
“Business leaders take things far too seriously, and forget that most of the time people spend in their lives is at work, and it should be fun.”
“I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.”
“I used to stay up at night and sneak into the TV room, past my parents, who were asleep, to watch Saturday Night's 'Main Event.' That's how I started watching SNL. On accident.”
“Kill off all my demons and my angels might die too.”
“In this world are very few things made from logic alone. It is illogical for man to be too logical. Some things we must just let stand. The mystery is more important than any possible explanation. The searcher after truth must search with humanity. Ruthless logic is the sign of a limited mind. The truth can only add to the sum of what you know, while a harmless mystery left unexplored often adds to the meaning of life. When a truth is not so important, it is better left as a mystery.”

Source : "My mysterious, inspiring J. J. Abrams Mystery Box" by John Baichtal, www.wired.com. July 14, 2009.
“I'm not going to entertain something that took place not three months, not six months, not a year but two years ago. I'm not going to sit up here and say anything about it, whether I did or did not do it, because I don't want to beat a dead horse talking about it. It's not going to affect me any way, shape or fashion.”

Source : "Report: FBI to Investigate Pay-for-Play Allegations Against Auburn Quarterback", www.foxnews.com. November 10, 2010.

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