"In 1953, after the armistice ending the Korean War, South Korea lay in ruins. President Eisenhower was eager to put an end to hostilities that had left his predecessor deeply unpopular, and the war ended in an uneasy stalemate."

-- Noah Feldman

#War Quotes #Korea Quotes #President Quotes

“All women need support when they're having their babies and their little families are in formation. I have to say I have a lot of concern about the numbers of women - and men, now - who are not getting the support that they need. There are not the families and the communities around that there used to be.”
“There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear from dust and fumes.”

Source : Alice Hamilton, (2013). “Exploring the Dangerous Trades - The Autobiography of Alice Hamilton, M.D.”, p.98, Read Books Ltd
“We can't just have mainstream behavior on television in a free society, we have to make sure we see the whole panorama of human behavior.”
“Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.”

Source : Song: Speedy Marie, Album: Teenager of the Year, 1994
“Books can be possessive, can't they? You're walking around in a bookstore and a certain one will jump out at you, like it had moved there on its own, just to get your attention. Sometimes what's inside will change your life, but sometimes you don't even have to read it. Sometimes it's a comfort just to have a book around. Many of these books haven't even had their spines cracked. 'Why do you buy books you don't even read?' our daughter asks us. That's like asking someone who lives alone why they bought a cat. For company, of course.”

Source : Sarah Addison Allen (2008). “The Sugar Queen”, p.180, Bantam
“I do, in fact, have a book club. I meet with a couple of guys once a month of a lunchtime discussion of some interesting text, usually, but not always, philosophical.”
“If anything, I've found nonfiction a little easier. You don't have to make anything up. Of course, that's the inherent difficulty as well: when you hit an information black hole, you don't get to make it up. That hasn't come up too often with this project though. I'm lucky to have tons of primary source material , reams of letters and diaries and memoirs.”
“The Fall is where the nation is. The Fall is the locus of America.”

Source : William Stringfellow (2004). “An Ethic For Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land”, p.19, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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