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The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#armed forces #because #capable #chance #citizenship

The time has come to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' It is the right thing to do. Every American should have the opportunity to serve their country, regardless of race, sex, creed, or sexual orientation. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#ask #come #country #creed #every

Today we have a health insurance industry where the first and foremost goal is to maximize profits for shareholders and CEOs, not to cover patients who have fallen ill or to compensate doctors and hospitals for their services. It is an industry that is increasingly concentrated and where Americans are paying more to receive less. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#compensate #concentrated #cover #doctors #fallen

If all goes well, the Iraqis are going to have a country that's going to have a representative government and will be at peace with its neighbors and in the region. ↗

— Douglas Feith

#goes #going #government #iraqis #neighbors

We have a chance to wind down and expedite the removal of 96 percent of the world's nuclear weapons. What an achievement it would be, if at the end of the next administration, we could say that the nuclear arsenals of both Russia and the United States had been reduced to the barest minimums. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#administration #arsenals #been #both #chance

Well, that day is gone, and it will not occur again. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#day #gone #occur #well #will

I happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with Billy Joel. ↗

— Gavin DeGraw

#associate #automatically #billy #billy joel #guy

Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#appear #consistent #constant #development #dogmas

I've talked to some drummers who seem to have a very hard time staying in shape on the road, including some drummers touring with high-profile acts that don't have to live on fast food every night. ↗

— Matt Cameron

#drummers #every #every night #fast #fast food

Little things can make such a big difference during recording. ↗

— Matt Cameron

#big difference #difference #during #little #little things