"It's important to know that the vast majority of people who were excited in 2008 are still really enthusiastic. We've got more volunteers now than ever, and they're engaged, they're motivated, they're not paying attention to the ups and downs of polls or Washington."

-- Barack Obama

#People Quotes #Volunteer Quotes #Important Quotes

“Every movie I've been in has ended up on television.”
“Sometimes the Lord rides out the storm with us and other times He calms the restless sea around us. Most of all, He calms the storm inside us in our deepest inner soul.”

Source : Lloyd John Ogilvie (1987). “12 steps to living without fear”, W Publishing Group
“And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory.”
“I can no longer think what I want to think. My thoughts have been replaced by moving images.”

Source : "Scenes de la vie future". Book by Georges Duhamel (p. 52), translated, 1930.
“The employment of the poor in roads and public works, and a tendency among landlords and persons of property to build, to improve and beautify their grounds, and to employ workmen and menial servants, are the means most within our power and most directly calculated to remedy the evils arising from that disturbance in the balance of produce and consumption.”
“I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.”
“For some reason, some of my best solutions and ideas are triggered in those dark theaters, usually totally unrelated to what's going on onscreen. I also enjoy hiking in the foothills and mountains close to Sacramento. I always have to bring a pen and paper to jot down sudden thoughts and ideas. So inspiration arises from countless sources.”
“The most precious thing a human being has to give is time. There is so very little of it, after all, in a life.”

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