Source : "Peralta plan: Biz, Ed, Jobs - Boro's 1st Hispanic state lawmaker eager to start" by Donald Bertrand, November 07, 2002.
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“I can't let things go when it comes to stop painting. It has to be my way.”
“I'm just one of the lucky people. I have no other reason for my longevity.”
“Softball has given me so much in life. It's taught me the kind of person I want to be, and given me a sweet sisterhood. It even led me to my husband.”
“He who wishes to maintain that the past of mankind no longer has any absolute value in lifemust also be ready to deny his ownlife until the present moment, indeed in advance until the last moment, as worthless. He who realizes that culture is the giving of form will also see that the highest forms that it is given to the human spirit to recognize have always been, psychologically considered, such evasions from the present. Considerations such as these do not at all square with the direction of America's mind.”
“I am not and never will be perfect. I am not always as honest, respectful, responsible, fair or as kind as I should be. All I can do is what I should do: strive every day, with every decision to be the best person I can be. I don’t expect to be perfect but I know I can be better.”
“It is by no means certain that we advance our philosophical quest by reading Plato or Aristotle. It may increase our knowledge of history but not of the world.”
“A garden is a public service and having one a public duty. It is a man's contribution to the community.”
“Now I know why I'm here. Not for a closer look at the moon, but to look back at our home, the Earth.”
Joseph Crowley U.S. Representative
