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Every American born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day she or he is born. And we are transferring a tremendous amount of debt to the new generation, much of it owed to overseas creditors who expect to be repaid by our children with interest. ↗

— Mark Kirk

#amount #born #children #creditors #day

We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends. ↗

— Vaclav Klaus

#also #became #board #broad #called

That was my childhood. I grew up with the monks, studying Sanskrit and meditating for hours in the morning and hours in the evening, and going once a day to beg for food. ↗

— Satish Kumar

#childhood #day #evening #food #going

If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate. ↗

— Martin Lawrence

#go #i #me #meditate #off

You're at the mercy of the editors' hands. ↗

— Kelly LeBrock

#hands #mercy #you

I cannot hate any man! ↗

— Martin Luther King Sr.

#hate #religion-meditation #forgiveness

But I think the credit has to go to Geddy... he spent a lot of time in the studio with Paul, I think he needed that kind of focus to be in there to be a part of the whole thing, and for the most part he made all the major decisions. ↗

— Alex Lifeson

#decisions #focus #go #i #i think

Because - Bobby Lewis said this once to us in class, the better you get, the less credit you'll get. Because the better you are, the more it looks like walking and talking and everybody thinks they can walk and talk. ↗

— James Lipton

#better #bobby #class #credit #everybody

Remember what people used to say about meditation? Now everyone is doing it. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#doing #everyone #meditation #now #people

We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfortunes. To abandon all that is to be alone, and the mind that is alone is not only innocent but young -- not in time or age, but young, innocent, alive at whatever age -- and only such a mind can see that which is truth and that which is not measurable by words. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#meditation #self #solitude #age