"The Senate gathered to say goodbye to Vice President Joe Biden. Biden has been a presence there for more than 40 years."

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Ari Shapiro

#Goodbye Quotes #Years Quotes #President Quotes

“Anyone who lives in a city will know the feeling of having been there too long. The gorge-vision that the streets imprint on us, the sense of blockage, the longing for surfaces other than glass, brick, concrete and tarmac....I have lived in Cambridge on and off for a decade, and I imagine I will continue to do so for years to come. And for as long as I stay here, I know I will have to also get to the wild places.”
“I don't look at Twitter between events because it's a distraction but I will ring my fiance and parents to let them know how it's going.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.”
“A friend of mine was married to an assistant church pastor who regularly beat her up. He was smart ?- he'd do it in a way that the bruises didn't show. For the longest time, she dealt with it. Who would believe the minister was a wife beater?! Meanwhile, my friend ? - An attorney! ? - Suffered in silence.”
“I think sometimes we rush through countries, ticking off the attractions, but that's missing the point.”
“...though one can be callous in Ireland one cannot be wholly opaque or material. An unearthly disturbance works in the spirit; reason can never reconcile one to life; nothing allays the wants one cannot explain.”
“You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.”
“Nothing, absolutely nothing, has a more direct bearing on the moral choices made by individuals or the purposes pursued by society than belief or disbelief in God.”

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