"Last night, I had a telephone townhall for my constituents back in Vermont, and we had 11,500 people on it. And I had people on Social Security saying if getting fewer benefits will help us on the debt, they're for it. And I had a farmer saying that he's had subsidies for 35 years but we can't afford them anymore."

-- Peter Welch

#Night Quotes #Years Quotes #People Quotes

“When you work you learn something about what you are doing and you develop habits and procedures out of what you're doing.”
“If money is your hope for independence you will never have it”
“There is no more beautiful sight than a young woman who glows with the light of the spirit who is confident and courageous because she is virtuous.”
“Through knowledge and devotion, transcend all karma and be free.”
“'There's no need for fiction in medicine,' remarks Foster... 'for the facts will always beat anything you fancy.'”
“Spend regularly and constantly two or three hours of the morning in study and retirement. I do not take upon me to prescribe what you shall employ yourself about. I only propose the passing two or three hours of the twenty-four in private.”

Source : David Berman (2011). “The Great Philosophers:Berkeley: Berkeley”, p.21, Hachette UK
“So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.”
“My personal favorite remains Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge, first home game after Katrina vs. Tennessee on a Monday night. Getting goose bumps typing about it. It was so loud and emotional that I think everyone was exhausted by the second half.”

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