"When you come to a place where you have to left or right,' says Sister Ruth, 'go straight ahead."

-- Kathleen Norris

“We're not in the middle east to bring sweetness and light to the whole world. That's nonsense. We're in the middle east because we and our European friends and our European non-friends depend on something that comes from the middle east, namely oil.”

Source : "Neo-Cons in Doubt about the War in Iraq". KCRW Podcast "To the Point" with Warren Olney, www.kcrw.com. May 21, 2004.
“Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own.”

Source : "Ryan Budget More Fuzzy Math and Magic Asterisks" by Rep. Hank Johnson, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2014.
“The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again, pronounce a text, Cry hem; and reading what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene!”
“A memoir is always the most authentic telling of a situation, but a novel gets to different places.”
“Self-discipline is a great time-saver; it is the ability to make yourself work on only those things that are most important to you.”
“If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?”
“I always do things before I go on a case and when I leave a case. I even do that when I'm out on the road.”

Source : Source: dailydead.com
“This is the first time since I've been coaching that I gave them off on Christmas Day. Sometimes when you lose a game you want to get right back at it. But in reality I thank God we had an opportunity for our guys to be home with their families on Christmas.”

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