"But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden to us, and only after that government refused to do that did we invade."

-- Barney Frank

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“If there is one vegetable which is God-given, it is the haricot bean.”
“The future isn't just something that happens. It's a brutal force, with a great sense of humor, that'll steamroll you if you're not watching.”

Source : "Aloha". www.imdb.com. May 27, 2015.
“Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.”
“Here is a writer possessing the greatest talent: that of fully inhabiting the lives of others. Spargo conjures up these two as no one has done before. Scott and Zelda become, in Spargo's remarkable novel, not people of history but of literature, and reminders of what we fight for, what we fail to win, and the beauty that abides between. A marvel of a book.”
“Fashion does seem to have a 20s comeback every few seasons, and I completely see why. Its a very feminine look: the fabrics and the shapes are very pretty and distinctive.”
“Workers on the edge of poverty are essential to Americaâ€™s prosperity, but their well-being is not treated as an integral part of the whole. Instead, the forgotten wage a daily struggle to keep themselves from falling over the cliff. It is time to be ashamed.”

Source : David K. Shipler (2008). “The Working Poor: Invisible in America”, p.300, Vintage
“People who don't drink are afraid of revealing themselves.”
“There's a popular misconception that property boundaries are based on coordinates that surveyors can simply "walk to" with our instruments. The reality is that, while physical coordination of monuments is easier than it's ever been, property boundaries often need to be determined based on evidence and plans that are old, decrepit, and done with different technology and expectations than we have today.”

Source : "Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Land Surveyor". Interview with Andy Orin, lifehacker.com. December 10, 2015.

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