"As journalist, I'm responsible to the American people, not to the military of the United States."

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Amy Goodman

#Military Quotes #People Quotes #United States Quotes

“Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.”
“We are rarely able to interact only with folks like ourselves, who think as we do. No matter how much some of us deny this reality and long for the safety and familiarity of sameness, inclusive ways of knowing and living offer us the only true way to emancipate ourselves from the divisions that limit our minds and imaginations.”
“A man's pursuit of knowledge is greater than his shortcomings, the limits of his vision.”

Source : Natasha Trethewey (2012). “Thrall: Poems”, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I think it's important to recall... what you remember your grandmother making, where you're from and the foods you enjoyed as a child yourself, and pass that information off to your kids.”
“One of my greatest anxieties as a mother is head injuries.”
“I am all about health... and to me, size is not what defines your health.”
“When you are doing work of value, people will support you in a variety of ways, not just money.”
“In any community there's a strong pull home. People want to return, see their community get better economically and socially. You can build those community-grown opportunities for the kids who've graduated from college to return home, to provide businesses and support things going on. It'll only happen through education.”

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