Take the money we’re no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our debt, and use the rest to do some nation-building right here at home.
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| — | Obama (via kateoplis) |
At a time when Americans owe more in tuition debt than credit card debt, this Congress needs to stop the interest rates on student loans from doubling in July. Extend the tuition tax credit we started that saves middle-class families thousands of dollars. And give more young people the chance to earn their way through college by doubling the number of work-study jobs in the next five years.
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| — | Obama (via kateoplis) |
An economy built to last is one where we encourage the talent and ingenuity of every person in this country. That means women should earn equal pay for equal work.
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| — | Obama (via kateoplis) |
I don’t know where or what this garden is, but it looks like paradise. If you know, please tell me. I want to visit this beautiful place. Garden (gate) envy.
jayro:
Favorite new show—Downton Abbey.
Sunday Evenings in the Library with Downton
Highclere Castle, the set of Downton Abbey, photographed by James Merrell, Town & Country February 2012
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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| — | Abraham Lincoln (via kari-shma) |
Jan. 17, 2012: President Obama runs into Michelle unexpectedly on her 48th birthday in the basement of the White House.
For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are that you’re not going to be very happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness.
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Andy Rooney (via outcamethesun: georgiegirlnyc) |
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (via kari-shma) jayro: Amen! |
To move, to breathe, to fly, to float,
To gain all while you give,
To roam the roads of lands remote:
To travel is to live.
To gain all while you give,
To roam the roads of lands remote:
To travel is to live.
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| — | The Fairy Tale of My Life | Hans Christian Andersen (via colombiana) |
