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In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#american #american families #apart #because #been

There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view that I hold dear. ↗

— Rose Kennedy

#dear #hold #i #less #like

I think going into 'New Moon,' I knew the characters better. I knew the world better and I knew the actors who would be playing these roles. I had a sense of their rhythms and tones. 'Twilight' I was writing in a vacuum. We hadn't cast it yet. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#cast #characters #going #had #hadn

I see the policy of opposing same-sex marriages or unions, whatever you call it, as bigotry or discrimination. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#discrimination #i #i see #marriages #opposing

If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#education #every #provide #second-class #single

Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#change #creating #division #fear #manipulate

Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#administration #assurance #been #given #goals

And how the government communicates about homeland security is central to how the public responds. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#central #communicates #government #homeland #homeland security

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

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