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Hurricane Katrina, coupled with Hurricane Rita, which came promptly on Katrina's heels, claimed more than 1,200 American lives. Together, they caused more than $200 billion in damage. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#american lives #billion #came #caused #claimed

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

#conviction #democracy #each #equal #equality

Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich. ↗

— Naomi Klein

#because #creditors #investors #poor #rich

Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit. ↗

— Thomas Willis

#born #broken #drunkards #effeminate #great

A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#few #honduras #lanka #led #like

If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall. ↗

— John Kruk

#against #beat #city #head #kansas

That's another thing, we made up games. We didn't have equipment. When it snowed, we would play slow motion tackle football. We would play hockey, but we wouldn't skate. We just made things up. I loved doing that. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#doing #equipment #football #games #hockey

Controversies are a package deal in this industry. You just have to understand that and accept it. ↗

— Akshay Kumar

#controversies #deal #industry #just #package

So far, Indian companies have focused more on customer application. This needs to shift to packaged software for sectors such as banking and financial services. ↗

— Sanjay Kumar

#banking #companies #customer #far #financial

Four years earlier I had been selected, with Kay Boyle, the writer, and a number of others, to go to Cambodia and come back and prove that there were no sanctuaries in that country. ↗

— William Kunstler

#been #cambodia #come #country #earlier