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		I think President Barack Obama is going to be treated very, very well by history in terms of his ability to save the economy. And that's certainly true in rural areas. The unemployment rate is substantially reduced, the poverty rate is down, and in large part because of the investments that were made during the Recovery Act and thereafter, historic investments.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tom Vilsack 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. G. Ballard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barry Ritholtz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I know people talk about poverty and other factors, but there is very little I can do to ensure that a child has a stable two-parent home. But what if we can give them a shot in the classroom with a stable, high-standards environment? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brown Campbell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Naveen Jain 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I finally finished the 'Two Suns' tour, which went on for quite a long time, I felt like a bit of a husk. And I remember thinking, 'I need to spend some time in one place, and just be at home.' So I guess the first year of that three and a half years was spent just trying to kind of get back to normal again. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bat for Lashes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are hundreds of books about Woodrow Wilson, but I have an image of him in my mind that is unlike any picture I have seen anywhere else, based on material at Princeton and 35 years of researching and thinking about him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. Scott Berg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Now, the smoke fills the airIn this honky-tonk bar.And I'm thinking 'bout where I'd rather be.But I burned all my bridges;I sank all my ships.And I'm stranded at the edge of the sea. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				James Taylor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Life is a vexatious trap; when a thinking man reaches maturity and attains to full consciousness he cannot help feeling that he is in a trap from which there is no escape. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Anton Chekhov 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love Milwaukee, the rust belt. It's a very special part of America that's full of promise but also full of pain, where poverty is acute. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Matthew Desmond 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I don't know what's wrong with me, but like, the second I stop working, I have a panic attack, so it's good for me to be thinking of projects ahead of time and lining things up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katie Aselton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Donald Trump 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm thinking, 'Man, there's this whole other group of people that are attached to me because of my last name and my family's roots.' That's pretty cool. That's special, that's a lot of power and it's important. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mark Sanchez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I don't think it matters what school you go to, but I think it's important for parents to be involved. And to know that when school stops, learning continues, and to continue teaching at home. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Erykah Badu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think I did fifteen long features and fifteen documentaries, or something like this, which is very little when you think of people making a film every year. Some people have done fifty or sixty films. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Agnes Varda 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can be horrified by the state of the prisons, the misery in certain neighborhoods of its cities, or their level of poverty. Anti-Americanism, by which I mean a hatred for America as such-its transformation into a metaphysical category, which incarnates all the evil in the world-is one of fascism's favorite themes. Look at writer and political theorist Charles Maurras in France. The philosopher Martin Heidegger in Germany. The radical Islamists of today! 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bernard-Henri Levy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yahya Jammeh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think President Barack Obama is going to be treated very, very well by history in terms of his ability to save the economy. And that's certainly true in rural areas. The unemployment rate is substantially reduced, the poverty rate is down, and in large part because of the investments that were made during the Recovery Act and thereafter, historic investments. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tom Vilsack