No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. – Ruth Benedict
There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women. – Vera Farmiga
Local politics, like everything else, are not what they used to be. But the fact is that our political system – like our physical existence – still breaks down along geographical lines. – Eric Alterman