#ena

So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#congressman #cut #every #getting #going

What happens in the Senate is the Republicans sink to the lowest common denominator. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#common denominator #denominator #happens #lowest #republicans

The fact is that we wouldn't be in Iraq if it weren't for Democrats like Senator Kerry. ↗

— Howard Dean

#fact #iraq #kerry #like #senator

Israel has a sizeable nuclear arsenal and could retaliate if it were attacked. ↗

— Stephen M. Walt

#attacked #could #israel #nuclear #retaliate

For a long time in American history, people didn't even come up before the Senate. They didn't come before the Judiciary Committee, and up until about 1923, something like that. ↗

— Fred Thompson

#american #american history #before #come #committee

I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#find #i #icons #idea #incredibly

Before Katrina, you didn't see criticism of the Bush administration in the media. Here they are, stealing elections, enacting illegal wars, huge crimes against humanity and democracy, and you didn't even see criticism. It wasn't until Katrina that people started to come down on them. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#against #before #bush #bush administration #come

I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing 'chick' music for teenage girls or something. I think, if anything, the press kind of, because of my gender and my age, tends to kind of relegate my work to this sort of special-interest group. It's part of the cultural dynamic, I guess. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#anything #basically #because #being #being a girl

You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#countenance #letter #recommendation #you #your

At a certain point, you realize you have a responsibility more behind yourself and your need for adrenaline. I'm glad I did things in my 20s that were more reckless. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#behind #certain #certain point #did #glad