"Ethanol reduces our dependence on foreign sources of oil and is an important weapon in the War on Terror. By investing in South Dakota's ethanol producers, we will strengthen our energy security and create new jobs."

-- John Thune

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“Day after day we looked for rain, and day after day we saw nothing but the sun. Lavender that we had planted in the spring died. The patch of grass in front of the house abandoned its ambitions to become a lawn and turned into the dirty yellow of poor straw. The earth shrank, revealing its knuckles and bones, rocks and roots that had been invisible before.”

Source : Peter Mayle (2001). “Toujours Provence”, p.148, Penguin UK
“Music was all over my house, and all over literally my genetic house, and my house in the literal sense. So I kind of couldn't avoid it.”

Source : Source: www.achievement.org
“It's interesting to do other people's music - that's how I learned to play, by learning other people's songs. It's nice to delve into how other people got to where they are.”
“It is so important for me to keep authentic Cuban sounds alive. All of these great artists have changed the landscape of Latin music and it's an honor to have them on this album ["90 Millas," released in September of 2007]. I believe this album will expose a new generation to the richness of Cuban music.”
“Yet there's something ominous about turning sixty-five. Suddenly old age is not a phenomenon which will occur; it has occurred.”
“If I was a guy I wouldn't be bossy, I would be strong. If I was a guy I wouldn't be a micro-manager, I would be across the detail.”
“The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.”
“Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.”

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