September 2011
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“Then it happened. A man threw himself out of something like the 101st floor. Out...”
– Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giulian
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“We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.”
– Former President, George W. Bush, September 20, 2001
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“The view from my apartment was the world trade center, and now it’s gone....”
– Jon Stewart
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“Any fool can blow something up. Any fool can destroy. But to see these guys,...”
– Jon Stewart
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We all changed that day.
“Like every American, I’ll never forget how I heard the terrible news, on the car radio on my way to work in Chicago. Yet like a lot of younger Americans, our daughters have no memory of that day. Malia was just 3; Sasha was an infant. As they’ve grown, Michelle and I faced the same challenge as other parents in deciding how to talk with our children about 9/11. One of the things...
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Stop. Listen. Remember.
“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children. “ - President George W. Bush, November 11, 2001
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“A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be...”
– Banksy
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Everything I've ever wanted you to know.
“You think because he doesn’t love you that you are worthless. You think that because he doesn’t want you anymore that he is right — that his judgement and opinion of you are correct. If he throws you out, then you are garbage. You think he belongs to you because you want to belong to him. Don’t. It’s a bad word, ‘belong.’...
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“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only...”
– Rebecca West
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Things are not the way they seem.
”At times the world can seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe us when we say that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. And what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may, in fact, be the first steps of a journey.” - Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
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