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If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#attack #becomes #determine #disaster #going

In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#american #billion #depression #different #during

Shane, in case we don’t … don’t come out of this, I wanted to say…” He glanced over at her, and she felt her whole body warm from it. She remembered that look. It made her feel naked inside and out, but not in a creepy kind of way. In a way that felt…. Free. “If what you say is true, and I guess it has to be, I think I know why we’re … together,” he said. “I think I’d fall for you no matter what, Claire. You’re kind of awesome. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#eve-rosser #funny #ghost-town #humor #michael-glass

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#motivator #nice #progress #word

What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#cause #dangerous #evil #extreme #extremists

All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#difficult #filled #lived #might #more

People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#calling #destroy #find #him #i

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#arena #bodies #clearly #commit #enough

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#freedom #hands #into #law #loser

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. ↗

— Robert Kennedy

#evil #i #i believe #i believe that #long