#tod

A rumor that followed me forever was that my family was in the mafia. For years I had to live with it. They'd call me the mafia princess, so I rolled with it for the rest of high school. People even joke about it today. ↗

— Giuliana Rancic

#call #even #family #followed #forever

The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#facing #rooted #slavery #system #today

Ten years ago U.S. defence investment represented almost half of all defence expenditure in the whole alliance. Today it is 75%. This increasing economic gap may also lead to an increasing technology gap which will almost hamper the inter-operability between our forces. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#alliance #almost #also #between #defence

I respect and empathize with reporters and editors who must compete in today's environment. And I know full well that when I've been covering campaigns, which I still do, I've made my mistakes and have been far from perfect. ↗

— Dan Rather

#campaigns #compete #covering #editors #empathize

But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast, if it's not already gone. ↗

— John Ratzenberger

#america #around #fading #fast #gone

Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#earth #full #gratitude #hearts #his

We are Americans. We - we - we are - we are doctors. We are investment bankers. We are taxi drivers. We are store keepers. We are lawyers. We are - we are part of the fabric of America. And the way that America today treats its Muslims is being watched by over a billion Muslims worldwide. ↗

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

#bankers #being #billion #doctors #drivers

And I think that even today, New York still has more of this unexpected quality around every corner than any place else. It's something quite extraordinary. ↗

— Robert Rauschenberg

#around #corner #else #even #every

I used to work in kitchens, doing 12 or more hours a day of physical labor, so today, eight to 12 hours of cooking, chatting or filming feels like a vacation. When I have a scheduled 'day off,' I spend several hours writing, then I clean until I crash from fatigue. I don't relax well. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#clean #cooking #crash #day #doing

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair. ↗

— Herbert Read

#belief #characteristic #despair #political #positive