Sergei Kanev, an investigative reporter in Russia
June 27, 2009
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“I tell her, ‘All your life you were afraid to talk.’ I don’t want to live that way.” – Sergei Kanev, an investigative reporter in Russia, on his mother’s warning that his job is too dangerous.
Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972) Scottish novelist
“It may be true that love makes the world go round, but whiskey makes it go round twice as fast.” — Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972) Scottish novelist.
Abba Agathon, monk (4th/5th century)
June 27, 2009
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“I have never gone to sleep with a grievance against anyone. And, as far as I could, I have never let anyone go to sleep with a grievance against me.” – Abba Agathon, monk (4th/5th century)
Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts
June 27, 2009
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“This is going to be one of the most complex diplomatic negotiations in the history of the world.” – Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, the co-sponsor of an energy bill being debated in the House of Representatives, who just returned from a week in China.
Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, essayist, and poet (1850-1894)
“The price we pay for money is paid in liberty.” – Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, essayist, and poet (1850-1894)
Dale Carnegie, Self-improvement author
June 27, 2009
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“A person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” – Dale Carnegie, Self-improvement author
Oliver Wendell Holmes
“The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
Osama Safa, director of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies in Beirut
June 26, 2009
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“Lebanon is a telling case. It is no longer relevant for the extremists to use the anti-American card.” – Osama Safa, director of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies in Beirut, on the victory of an American-backed coalition in parliamentary elections.
Alice Walker, author (b. 1944)
June 26, 2009
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“I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That’s why I find war so hard to bear. It’s the same with animals: I feel the less harm I do, the lighter my heart. I love a light heart. And when I know I’m causing suffering, I feel the heaviness of it. It’s a physical pain. So it’s self-interest that I don’t want to cause harm.” – Alice Walker, author (b. 1944)
John Githongo, who is starting a nonprofit group in Kenya to mobilize rural people to press politicians to clean up corruption
June 26, 2009
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“Going after big fish hasn’t worked. The fish will not fry themselves.” – John Githongo, who is starting a nonprofit group in Kenya to mobilize rural people to press politicians to clean up corruption.
