"For the first time in history, we declared war without financing it. Americans have not been asked to pay for it through taxes."

-- David S. Broder

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“The 1980's witnessed a new dance genre in New York City and Los Angeles. Slam Dancing was perhaps a way for adolescent males to deal with the stressors of maturation, aggressive personal feelings, and violence in the society at large. Through dancing, the youths expressed raw power and rage while achieving euphoria, enhanced self-concept, and a healthy fatigue.”

Source : Judith Lynne Hanna (2006). “Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress”, p.175, Rowman Altamira
“And as he held his first true lover against him, feeling that familiar difference in their heights and smelling that wonderful cologne, part of him wanted to debate this break up until they both gave in and kept trying. But that wasnâ€™t fair.”
“Dripping rain like golden honey- And the sweet earth flying from the thunder”

Source : Jean Toomer (1988). “The Collected Poems of Jean Toomer”, p.10, UNC Press Books
“Being chronically shy I needed to create a persona for myself and be involved with a band where I could be ruler of my own kingdom. Then Pulp became hugely popular and I lost control of it, which is when it all went wrong.”
“I never will give up.”
“New applications will have to deal with big data. We have to analyze it on the fly, so we have to have a system that is transactional and analytical at the same time. We cannot have a multi-stage system. This is too slow for modern applications.”
“People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.”
“It was a sort of peace I have rarely enjoyed since. As if we were the only two souls on earthâ€”all of nature ours to enjoy. I wondered why a creator who had dreamt such beauty would have slandered it with such evil. Such grief. Why He had not been content to leave it unspoilt. I still wonder.”

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