Lily Tomlin quote – The best mind-altering drug is truth
“The best mind-altering drug is truth.” – Lily Tomlin
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RACE AND WAGES
75%: The percentage of wages earned by full-time black and Latino retail workers relative to their white counterparts, according to a June 2 report from the NAACP and the liberal think tank Demos.
Read moreDave Barry quote – Never Want To Share yours
“People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.” – Dave Barry
Read moreChris Burden Quote – In The Eye Of The Beholder
“‘Limits’ is a relative term. Like beauty, it is often in the eye of the beholder.” – Chris Burden
Read moreJoan Crawford Quote – Love Is A Fire
“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell.” – Joan Crawford
Read moreIs Divorce Morally Acceptable?
The Pew Research Center posed the question to over 40,000 people in 40 countries. A sampling of how many said no. Ghana – 80% Pakistan – 73% U.S. – 22% Spain – 4%
Read moreIndia’s Air Quality Index
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India’s first air-quality index in April, but pollution will keep growing unless India stems coal production, which Modi has pledged to double by 2020.
Read moreShirley MacLaine Quote – Fear Makes Strangers of People Who Would Be Friends
“Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine
Read moreThe man who hunts for dropped coins
Roger Pasquier hunts for coins on NYC sidewalks and keeps track of how much he finds. He discovered an odd consequence of everyone having a smartphone: people don’t pick up change on the sidewalk anymore. From 1987 to 2006, he averaged about fifty-eight dollars a year. Then Apple introduced the iPhone, and millions of potential competitors started to stare at […]
Read moreEleanor Roosevelt Quote – I Can Take The Next Thing That Comes Along
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
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