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It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#able #much #sad #sadder #to love

I don't mourn the dead. I mourn the living. ↗

— Stephen Evans

#i #living #mourn

Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#complicated #deciding #enough #having #homes

Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#alive #course #died #earthquake #francisco

Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#appreciate #could #get #hard #i

I know from my constituency what is going on. Doctors that are told, begged, by mothers, 'Please don't write down that my child as asthma. Please lie and say it's bronchitis, because if you write down asthma, when my child turns 18 or 20 and has to get his or her own insurance, it will be a pre-existing condition.' ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#because #begged #child #condition #constituency

I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one's retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#additional #basic #basis #benefit #broker

Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#agreement #commitments #completely #destruction #dismantle

I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#courses #did #english #english literature #figured

I was directed because I knew I wanted to be a novelist, but I didn't have a very good job or a way of getting published. I found those years to be among the most difficult of my life. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#because #difficult #directed #found #getting