"House Republican leadership have refused to allow a clean minimum wage vote. Close to 15 million Americans will be affected if we did this. Do Republicans really expect a family to live on less than $11,000 a year?"

-- Bill Pascrell

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“There are a lot of legislators who are afraid that kids will learn science and lose their faith.”
“There's no deodorant for desperation.”

Source : Jerry Stahl (2008). “I, Fatty”, p.248, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released.”
“A lot of people that buy vinyl today donâ€™t realise that theyâ€™re listening to CD masters on vinyl and thatâ€™s because the record companies have figured out that people want vinyl, And they're only making CD masters in digital, so all the new products that come out on vinyl are actually CDs on vinyl, which is really nothing but a fashion statement.”

Source : "Neil Young dismisses vinyl revival as a 'fashion statement'", www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2015.
“Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. With a force mightier than gravity, it attracts the eye to its shimmering red presence in the clear night sky. It is like a glowing ember in a field of ethereal lights, projecting energy and promise. It inspires visions of an approachable world. The mind vaults to thoughts of what might have been (if Mars were a litter closer to the warming Sun) and of what could be (if humans were one day to plant colonies there).”
“Civilized people cannot fully satisfy their sexual instinct without love.”
“Every great sin ought to rouse a great anger. Mob law is better than no law at all. A community which rises in its wrath to punish with misdirected anger a great wrong is in a healthier moral condition than a community which looks upon its perpetration with apathy and unconcern.”
“When public figures think they can open a business even though they've got no business experience, it's a bad idea.”

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