"In the end we won't be judged as a society solely by our growth statistics or economic activity graphs. We will be judged by the quality of the life that we foster for all members of the community and the compassion we show for the disadvantaged."

-- Carmen Lawrence

#Compassion Quotes #Community Quotes #Growth Quotes

“It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because you have to live them first.”
“Washington has become our Versailles. We are ruled, entertained, and informed by courtiers -- and the media has evolved into a class of courtiers. The Democrats, like the Republicans, are mostly courtiers. Our pundits and experts, at least those with prominent public platforms, are courtiers. We are captivated by the hollow stagecraft of political theater as we are ruthlessly stripped of power. It is smoke and mirrors, tricks and con games, and the purpose behind it is deception.”
“There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.”
“If a man's public record be a clear one, if he has kept his pledges before the world, I do not inquire what his private life may have been.”
“The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.”
“I took the hardest possible route that you could take, and I still overcame and succeeded.”
“Do not look for joy anywhere else. It is living in you, and gives meaning to all Existence.”
“When I go home to Pennsylvania, my cousins who live in small towns and are twenty-three with kids are like 'Krysten, when are you getting married?' 'When are you having a kid?' Honestly, those aren't the most important things to me right now.”

Source : "Krysten Ritter: Master Pool Shark". Interview with Ashley Terrill, www.elle.com. April 13, 2012.

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