Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You cant have too many friends because then youre just not really friends. – Truman Capote
One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention. – Clifton Paul Fadiman
Health care comprises nearly 20 percent of our national economy, but outdated bureaucracy and red tape have stifled competition and raised costs. As a result, today more than 45 million are without any health coverage. – John Shadegg
The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people. – Walt Whitman
Back then, I didnt have a big organization around me. I was just a kid with a guitar, traveling around. My responsibility basically was to the art, and I had extra time on my hands. There is no extra time now. There isnt enough time. – Joni Mitchell