"We must not let history repeat itself in Iraq. The reality is there is no military solution in Iraq. This is a sectarian war with long standing roots that were flamed when we invaded Iraq in 2003. Any lasting solution must be political and take into account respect for the entire Iraqi population."

-- Barbara Lee

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“When a gay person turns his back on you, it is anything but an insult; it's an invitation.”
“Since the notion that we should all forsake attachment to race and/or cultural identity and be â€œjust humansâ€ within the framework of white supremacy has usually meant that subordinate groups must surrender their identities, beliefs, values, and assimilate by adopting the values and beliefs of privileged-class whites, rather than promoting racial harmony this thinking has created a fierce cultural protectionism.”
“Time and space cannot play any part between two loving hearts.”
“And she arose from her deathbed in a gossamer gown, with eyes the color of starlight and hair as black as the night. And those who were her captors trembled, for the scent of death and madness emanated from her soul, and yet she was not dead. She moved like the spiders that creep in the treetops, and none could look away. Taking her first captor in hand, she fed deep and ravenous. And so it was that Myst, Queen of the Indigo Court, was born from the blood of the dead.”

Source : Yasmine Galenorn (2010). “Night Myst”, p.13, Penguin
“Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.”

Source : Gilda Radner (2015). “It's Always Something”, p.254, Simon and Schuster
“No doubt, there are those who believe that judges-and particularly dissenting judges-write to hear themselves say, as it were, I I I. And no doubt, there are also those who believe that judges are, like Joan Didion, primarily engaged in the writing of fiction. I cannot agree with either of those propositions.”
“Why must we be eternally on our knees before the Kants and Hugos?”

Source : José Clemente Orozco (2014). “José Clemente Orozco: An Autobiography”, p.24, University of Texas Press
“Well, I think we need to have attrition by enforcement. We need to secure our borders. We need to enforce our laws.”

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