Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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quotistThe woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #change #progress
Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
#quotes #dennis-kucinich #poverty #health #education #destruction
I am usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. ~Hope Davis
#quotes #hope-davis
We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ~Barbara Jordan
#quotes #barbara-jordan #united-states
Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. ~Antoine Rivarol
#quotes #antoine-rivarol #humanity #oblivion #fame
Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true. ~Akhil Sharma
#quotes #akhil-sharma #love #fear
Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
#quotes #anne-lamott #suffering #books
In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
#quotes #john-ensign #50s #taxation #government #united-states
The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
#quotes #rick-santorum #government #family
I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. ~Dennis Miller
#quotes #dennis-miller #dc
Did you see Howard Dean ranting and raving? Here is a little tip Howard; cut back on the Red Bull. ~David Letterman
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
#quotes #charlayne-hunter-gault #government #poverty #south-africa
The debate over same sex "marriage" has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. ~Elliott Abrams
#quotes #elliott-abrams #same-gender-marriage
If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
#quotes #paul-weyrich #liberalism
In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe; a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people; lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~Stephen Hawking
#quotes #stephen-hawking #life #beauty #earth
He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #fear #suffering
Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ~Joseph Addison
#quotes #joseph-addison #sunday #weekend
They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
#quotes #carlos-ruiz-zafon #stories #ideas
I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it. ~Franco Nero
#quotes #franco-nero #eating
I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
#quotes #dave-davies #politics #religion
It is amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you are no longer president. ~George H. W. Bush
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