I stand for strict economy in governmental affairs.
Harry F. Byrd
Recitation: by Male by Female
If I wrote in Jacob Riis' time, I'd be writing about teeming slums in our cities and kids dying of tuberculosis or outhouses in Philadelphia or kids losing their toes because they were living in homes without heat. He took on a battle in 'The Battle with the Slums' - and we won.
Matthew Desmond
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I came from a traditional immigrant family where education meant there were only a few valid paths: doctor or lawyer - and I didn't want to be either one.
Suheir Hammad
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Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.
Mason Cooley
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For most women, including women who want to have children, contraception is not an option; it is a basic health care necessity.
Louise Slaughter
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I am trying to get right with God. I'm sort of making a statement about the excessiveness.
Lucinda Williams
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While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reaches out to embrace suffering Syrians, his government seems ready to throw embattled Mexicans under the bus just to appease Mr. Trump.
Denise Dresser
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Every night I fell asleep to a different Beatles album. So I'm very familiar with the Beatles; Ringo was my favorite Beatle until I grew up and then changed. I made the switch over to George Harrison just in time to regain my cool.
Christina Ricci
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I grew up really being able to stand up to authority.
Winnie Byanyima
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Take free money. No matter how in debt you are, if your employer offers a matching contribution on a 401(k) or other retirement vehicle, you must sign up and contribute enough to get the maximum company match each year. Think of it as a bonus.
Suze Orman
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You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.
Kevin Whately
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During the three decades of its existence, the effectiveness of the United Nations has, on the whole, tended to decrease, particularly in the field of peace and security and, more generally, all issues in which the developed countries feel they have important stakes.
Gunnar Myrdal
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Virtually every time the U.S. fires a missile from a drone and ends the lives of Muslims, American media outlets dutifully trumpet in headlines that the dead were 'militants' - even though those media outlets literally do not have the slightest idea of who was actually killed.
Glenn Greenwald
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