"Our firm view is that the president has no legal authority, none whatsoever, to commit American troops to war in the Persian Gulf or anywhere else without congressional authorization."

-- George J. Mitchell

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“It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going.”
“You are beyond frustrating," she grumbled. "Why can't you do what I ask you to do without issuing a million questions first?" "I could say the same of you." "I don't--Argh." She raised a fist at him. "So maybe I do ask a lot of questions. So what. Anyone in my position would do the same. Besides, I'm a girl and that's my job. You're a boy. You're supposed to pound your chest with your fists and grunt, then do everything in your power to please me." "Hardly. The man you just described is more likely to knock you over the head with a club and drag you away by the hair." -Annabelle and Zacharel”
“When you awaken, you know that everything that occurs at the level of mind is illusory in nature and so you no longer believe in it as the truth of life. It is sometimes happy and sometimes sad, because it is a world of duality. You relax and accept the dual nature of the world of the mind and the world of experience within time. This will create balance within duality which will open the doorway to Oneness.”
“The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.”
“When something tragic has happened, you can try to move on and put something tragic behind you, but it rarely works. It's in you when something like that happens. It's physically a part of your life.”
“The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction.”

Source : "Alex Ross: Time to show our appreciation for classical music". Interview With Alex Ross, www.theguardian.com. March 8, 2010.
“Oh, New Orleans is such freedom.”
“You can be sure that most of the high positions in the country would be empty if one were admitted only after an examination as severe as the one we painters must pass.”

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