Halina Birenbaum Quotes

#1. Most of our teachers, knowing we had an extra day off, usually piled on the homework to make up for it.

V.C. Andrews

#2. You're at a tricky age. Is it your parent's presence or your parent's absence that's more empowering? I'm no expert. I went from catching fireflies at your age to... well, adulthood.

Nancy Freund

#3. Republican governors are more lunatic than they used to be - as attested by all the ones so eager to turn down free federal money to qualify more of their poor citizens for Medicaid under Obamacare. Meanwhile, some states have taken the money only to hoard it.

Rick Perlstein

#4. You were wrong, Gram," I said softly, tone emotionless because I was resigned to the awful, lonely truth of it. "Love doesn't save our souls. It kills them.

R.K. Lilley

#5. I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought.

Lloyd Cutler

#6. Transparency is for those who carry out public duties and exercise public power. Privacy is for everyone else.

Glenn Greenwald

#7. I'd like to think that the boring lady who's talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one who's doing NPR. You know, studious and reserved, and - I bet you're a lot of fun at a party.

Gene Simmons

#8. Simplicity of living means meeting life face to face. It means confronting life clearly, without unnecessary distractions. It means being direct and honest in relationships of all kinds. It means taking life as it is.

Duane Elgin

#9. Everyone is a reader... Some just haven't found their favourite book yet.

Anonymous

#10. Maybe that's what love meant, both people thinking they were the lucky one.

Meera Syal