"There are more than 300,000 families in the Gulf region that lost their homes and are waiting for peace of mind. The hurricane exposed the sad reality of poverty in America. We saw, in all its horrific detail, the vulnerabilities of living in inadequate housing and the heartbreak of losing one's home."

-- Harry Connick, Jr.

#Home Quotes #Reality Quotes #America Quotes

“Grown-up politicians talk to each other across party lines. Over the last few weeks I have had lengthy conversations with Ed Miliband, David Miliband, with Tony Blair, with Peter Mandelson... talking about Europe, talking about political reform.”
“I came from the Groundlings Theatre in L.A., and there, you're guaranteed to at least try something out in front of an audience. At 'SNL,' only the best stuff gets picked, and it's taught me a very defined language of comedy. You learn the structure of a joke, which is not something I was very good at beforehand.”

Source : "Taran Killam on the SNL Christmas Show". Interview with Terron Moore, www.esquire.com. December 20, 2013.
“Freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.”

Source : West Virginia State Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette (1943)
“With regard to what is designed really well, I think people are the best-designed objects in the world. Seriously.”
“Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.”
“What we think and what we eat, combined together, make what we are, physically and mentally.”
“Nothing worthwhile is ever achieved without deep thought and hard work,”
“The main points were: one, the amount of Israel's nuclear weapons, how many Israel had, that no one could predict or know, including the CIA. They were thinking about a number like 10 or 15. But I came out with a number between 150 to 200.”

Source : "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.counterpunch.org. August 18, 2004.

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