#ear

It's unbelievable how many things I've learned from Merlin Olsen. ↗

— Jack Youngblood

#i #learned #many #merlin #olsen

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. ↗

— Mark Twain

#disappear #explained #mad #mysteries #remember

Make my breast transparent as pure crystal, that the world, jealous of me, may see the foulest thought my heart does hold. ↗

— George Villiers

#does #foulest #heart #hold #jealous

But where are the snows of yester year? ↗

— Francois Villon

#where #year

In the past 40 years, the United States lost more than a million farmers and ranchers. Many of our farmers are aging. Today, only nine percent of family farm income comes from farming, and more and more of our farmers are looking elsewhere for their primary source of income. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#comes #elsewhere #family #family farm #farm

Although they are some of the hardest working folks I know, rural Americans earn, on average, $11,000 less than their urban counterparts each year. And they are more likely to live in poverty. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#average #counterparts #each #earn #folks

Food during my early years was a very difficult issue for me. I grew up in an addictive family. My mother had serious problems with alcohol and prescription drugs. I was an overweight kid. I can remember back in those days there weren't the strategies that there are today to deal with those issues. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#alcohol #back #days #deal #difficult

I wish I could give you all the examples over the last two years as secretary of agriculture, where I hear people in rural America constantly being criticized, without any expression of appreciation for what they do do. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#america #any #appreciation #being #constantly

In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#best #exports #high #hit #incomes

It is critical to develop a biofuel industry powered by feedstocks produced in every corner of the country, in addition to the Midwest. That is why USDA has established five regional research centers working on science necessary to ensure profitable biofuels can be produced from a diverse range of feedstocks. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#centers #corner #country #critical #develop