Joy shared, twice the gain; sorrow shared, half the pain.
Swedish proverb (most likely)
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To my Republican friends, if we could work together in the last Congress, there is no reason we can’t work together in this new Congress. The people sent us a clear message. Fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict, gets us nowhere.
US President Joe Biden in the State of the Union address before Congress last night
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“It’s up to each individual to make learning fun.”
~~~Trenton Doyle Hancock
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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
~~~Martin Luther King, Jr., who might have turned 94 this year if he hadn’t been assassinated at the age of 39
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We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Elie Wiesel
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The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings which are all part of one another and all involved in one another.
Thomas Merton
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The heart of justice is truth telling, seeing ourselves and the world the way it is rather than the way we want it to be. More than ever before we, as a society, need to renew a commitment to truth telling.
bell hooks
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However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.
George Orwell
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Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.
Orson Scott Card
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A third of my country is under water right now – bridges, roads, schools, and other critical infrastructure sinks, and people run to evacuate their homes.
Anam Rathor, writing about Pakistan in this important post
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