"Books are my friends, where it's okay to be silent, where you're not a freak if you don't want to get drunk, peel out in the parking lot, tip cows."

-- Julie Gregory

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“Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.”
“Poems come from incomplete knowledge.”

Source : Diane Wakoski (1988). “Emerald Ice: Selected Poems, 1962-1987”, p.132, David R. Godine Publisher
“The fact is, that with the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, hundreds of thousands of Jews fled Arab countries, almost all of whom left behind all their property for which compensation was never paid.”
“Letâ€™s not ask Barbara Walters about how Muslim women feel. Letâ€™s not ask Tom Brokaw how Muslim women feel. Letâ€™s not ask CNN, ABC, FOX, The London Times, or the Australia Times. Letâ€™s not ask non-Muslims how Muslim women feel, how they live, what are their principles, and what are their challenges. If you want to be fair, ask a Muslim woman. Ask my wife. Ask my mother. Ask a Muslim woman who knows her religion, who has a relationship with her Creator, who is stable in her society, understands her responsibilities. Ask her.”
“If someone is always to blame, if every time something goes wrong someone has to be punished, people quickly stop taking risks. Without risks, there can't be breakthroughs.”

Source : "X Prize Founder Peter Diamandis Has His Eyes on the Future". Interview with Ted Greenwald, www.wired.com. June 22, 2012.
“When we think about millions of hungry children, we don't think about America. We relate the problem to other nations, like Ethiopia, India or Somalia. The sad truth is that one is five American kids is at risk due to poor nutrition.”
“Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.”

Source : Almansor: A Tragedy l. 245 (1823)
“Well, you know, whats so exciting, is that it was a really telling campaign as well. Whenever we start looking at the differences, they could never be more clear.”

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