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“But isn't it time for Christians to admit that we should reject bargains if they are gained by the exploitation of the poorest of the poor in developing countries?”
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“I drove away from my mind everything capable of spoiling the sense of the presence of God.... I just make it my business to persevere in His holy presence... My soul has had an habitual, silent, secret conversation with God.”
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“Compared to Imelda Marcos, Marie Antoinette was a bag lady.”
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“We seem to be paying some of our employees an awful lot of money.”
Source : "Fictional character: Mortimer Duke". "Trading Places", 1983.
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“As George Bush's infamous for once saying by mistake, he said, "Mother Nature is a terrorist." So it was with Katrina - the devastation of it, when you think of bombs being dropped on people and then you think that a hurricane could come through and do that, the same amount of damage, it was a wake-up call in a lot of ways.”
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“The only way to make a man worthy of love is by loving him.”
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“Truth and fiction are so aptly mixed that all seems uniform and of a piece.”
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“I savored my time on top of the podium by watching the American flag rise up out of the crowd as the anthem played, thinking about how every single second of training I've done was for this minute and how many people played a role in my achievement.”
Source : "Exclusive: Gold Medal Winner Hannah Kearney On Her Olympic Experience" by Hannah Kearney, www.mtv.com. March 1, 2010.