#gr

Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of the value divide - how to define America as a place of the common good and not a playground of the strong. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#common #common good #day #define #democrats

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#attention #convert #converts #desire #economic

Despite the administration's long public information campaign, for many months polls have consistently indicated only 37 percent of those eligible for Medicare say they only partially understand the program. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#campaign #consistently #despite #eligible #indicated

Everything that seemingly happens externally is occurring in order to trigger something within us, to expand us and take us back to who we truly are. ↗

— Anita Moorjani

#death

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#believe #book #characteristic #energy #force

Of all possible debauches, traveling is the greatest that I know; that's the one they invented when they got tired of all the others. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#greatest #i #invented #know #others

Most of the State of the Union will not be about Iraq. Most of the State of the Union will be about improving America's economy and providing greater access to health care for millions of American people, including senior citizens. ↗

— Ari Fleischer

#access #america #american #american people #care

What we can borrow from Ronald Reagan... is that great sense of optimism. He led by building on the strengths of America, not running America down. ↗

— Rudy Giuliani

#borrow #building #down #great #led

Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball. ↗

— Curt Flood

#cardinals #contributed #course #decision #growth

My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences. ↗

— Cassandra Wilson

#count #grandmother #her #i #influences