#these

The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these fatty meats, our poor brethren in the developing world die of diseases of poverty, because the land is not used now to grow food grain for their families. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#because #brethren #developing #developing world #die

One thing about these storms, we know how disruptive things can be when we depend on the system to keep working. What would happen if the terrorists do it? Knock down the power, destroy bridges, cut the water supply? ↗

— Geraldo Rivera

#bridges #cut #depend #destroy #disruptive

Before, I would play a little hoops, a little tennis. Now it's more yoga, Pilates, stretching, some light weight work, push-ups, sit-ups, resistance things. When I used to live on the eleventh floor, I would take the steps. I don't do that so much now. I'm taking the elevator a bit more these days. ↗

— Robin Roberts

#bit #days #elevator #eleventh #floor

Well the basic thesis is that there's a god in heaven who is all powerful who wants to help people. And that - he will answer prayer, and does miraculous things in people's lives. And so I've documented some of these wonderful things. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#basic #documented #does #god #heaven

It's just impossible to ignore the activists in your party. These are the people who stuff the envelopes, and walk the precincts, and make the telephone calls, and do all the so-called grunt work that brings about a successful campaign. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#activists #brings #calls #campaign #grunt

We were told by the president that we had no alternative but to go into Iraq because of the threat that Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction posed, but to date, these weapons have not been found. ↗

— Jay Rockefeller

#because #been #date #destruction #found

There are unknown forces in nature; when we give ourselves wholly to her, without reserve, she lends them to us; she shows us these forms, which our watching eyes do not see, which our intelligence does not understand or suspect. ↗

— Auguste Rodin

#eyes #forces #forms #give #her

Too often in our communities many families have not even been aware that certain charities exist; and at the same time, there are many who are willing to volunteer their energy and their resources to help these charities, yet they do not know these charities even exist. ↗

— Dana Rohrabacher

#been #certain #charities #communities #energy

I asked him if he ever hung out with black guys in high school and he said, 'Well, no. They always had these angry looks on their faces. Who wouldn't look ticked off having to deal with nitwits like him? ↗

— Al Roker

#angry #asked #black #deal #ever

And I'm working with all these great people at Sony Publishing. ↗

— Christy Romano

#great people #i #people #publishing #sony