"While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners."

-- Stephanie Herseth Sandlin

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“O, say does that star-spangled flag of pride yet wave? O'er the land of the free, and the home for the gay!”
“There are a lot of things that I love, but if you're just completely invested in those things, their opposite can kick you over... So the trick is finding out how to maintain your balance when you're in situations with the people who make you happy and when you're not.”
“The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.”
“While we cannot describe its appearance (the equivalent), we can define its function. When a photograph functions as an Equivalent we can say that at that moment, and for that person the photograph acts as a symbol or plays the role of a metaphor for something that is beyond the subject photographed.”
“Looking for meaning in the ordinary seems like the most urgent thing that we can do.”

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“I love James Baldwin essays, but also his novels. I recently read "Another Country." I couldn't believe how ahead of his time he was.”

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“I live way out in the country, so there's not a lot of people around to remind me. And my friends don't think of me as 'Kim Novak' anymore anyway. It's like they forgot, too. And so it's nice.”
“I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort.”

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