"We are living in a science-fiction nightmare where children are gasping for breath on bad-air days because somebody gave money to a politician. And my children and the kids of millions of other Americans can no longer go fishing and eat their catch because somebody gave money to a politician."

-- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

#Children Quotes #Kids Quotes #Air Quotes

“Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women.”
“You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.”

Source : Thomas J. Watson, Peter Petre (2013). “Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond”, p.386, Bantam
“In New York, the buildings are like mountains in some ways, but they are only alive because of the people living in them. Real mountains are alive all over.”

Source : Silas House, Neela Vaswani (2012). “Same Sun Here”, p.7, Candlewick Press
“I'm more interested in pulling out strands of joy from both myself and the audience. I'm not saying the music or songs are "light," just that when they're performed with the correct commitment it's a source of real pleasure, for me anyway.”
“With a screenwriter and with the actors there is always an environment of trust. You can say anything, all your secrets, and you know that it won't get out of that room.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Happiness is only the threshold to misery. When a friend refuses to share in joys.”

Source : Georg Ebers “The Historical Romances of Georg Ebers”, Library of Alexandria
“I'll never forget this one time on an airplane when I was told in front of everyone that I had to purchase a second seat because I didn't fit into one. The people nearby who heard it laughed while I cried. It was horrifying.”
“Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language.”

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