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We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of curse it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#experience #grief #mourning #others #personal-experience

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#fill #folly #fools #men #result

I will lobby tirelessly in cooperation with other mayors around the country to insure that federal funding for our recently added police officers continues. ↗

— Alan Autry

#around #continues #cooperation #country #federal

But the great thing, and the horrible thing about the web is you can just throw stuff up there and it doesn't cost anybody anything. ↗

— Eric Avery

#anybody #anything #cost #great #great thing

If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared to Hitler, then you're part of the problem. ↗

— John Avlon

#hitler #offense #only #part #party

I think the millions of people who had been able to renegotiate their mortgages so they are paying lower interest rates are better off. ↗

— David Axelrod

#been #better #better off #had #i

Listen, I have a great affection and respect for Joe Biden. I think he's been a great vice president. He's taken on a lot of tough assignments for our administration. ↗

— David Axelrod

#affection #assignments #been #great #i

I have an addiction to caffeine. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#caffeine #i

I wish I had been wiser. I wish I had been more effective, I wish I'd been more unifying, I wish I'd been more principled. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#effective #had #i #i wish #more

Two thousand people a day were being murdered in Vietnam in a terrorist war, an official terrorist war. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#day #official #people #terrorist #thousand