#washing

We may yet work up to some serious shooting war, or maybe some acts of urban genocide committed with rogue nuclear weapons. But if that were the case, why would we call that "9/11"? If Washington disappeared in a mushroom cloud, we'd give that huge event a different name. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#call #case #cloud #committed #different

What Ottawa and Washington used to think about Turkey or Iran was not very important because we really didn't think much about either, but now what we think about them is extremely important - to ourselves and to many other peoples. ↗

— Arthur Hays Sulzberger

#because #either #extremely #important #iran

Let's not kid ourselves. You pick up 'The Washington Post' and find O.J. Simpson on the front page; 'serious journalists' covered Anna Nicole Smith. ↗

— Greta Van Susteren

#covered #find #front #journalists #kid

I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water. ↗

— Amy Tan

#carvings #did #down #face #i

Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

#city #washington

The same music is playing on the radio in San Francisco, New York, Washington DC and Annapolis. Everywhere you go there's the same artists and same songs by them, over and over again. At some stations they play the same songs 50 to 60 times a week. ↗

— John Hall

#artists #dc #everywhere #francisco #go

A short distance away is the Tidal Basin, ringed by cherry trees that every year produce flowers, an event to which Washingtonians react as though it were the Second Coming of Christ. ↗

— Dave Barry

#washington-dc #humor

I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs. ↗

— Elton John

#fact #i #machine #more #taking

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#city #efficiency #northern #southern #washington

But the best thing Washington can do for education is realize that our role is limited. Washington must keep its promises, but let those who know our childrens' names- parents, teachers and school board members- make education decisions. ↗

— Mark Kennedy

#board #decisions #education #keep #know