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“Think off-center.”
George Carlin
“People are always there when they need you most”
Daniel Gilman
“There is no question that the conditions we are seeing at the New Orleans convention center are deplorable. This is one of the worst disasters our nation has ever faced and the challenges to getting people out of harm's way are immeasurable. Some relief efforts, such as those at the convention center, are not moving as quickly or as smoothly as we would like.”
Hal Rogers
“He was the center of a gigantic social system, and he didn't have the will or even power to stop it. People were dependent on him, so many people organized their lives around him. I heard long ago that one of the reasons he stopped talking on stage was he was tired of his words being given more weight than he intended.”
David Gans
“Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.”
Benjamin Disraeli
“If we see a star at a large distance from the center of the galaxy, that star is going to be mostly moving either away from the center or back toward the center. Almost certainly, most of its motion is perpendicular to our line of sight.”
Avishai Dekel
“[Johnny Damon , the Red Sox' center fielder who is in the final year of his contract, said he and his agent are waiting to hear from the team to begin talks on a contract extension.] I'd like to finish up my career here and get locked up for a long time, ... I know it's always been Red Sox policy to wait until after the season, but that can get hairy. I don't want to be looking over my shoulder at the All-Star break and thinking, 'OK, what's going on here.' ”
Johnny Damon
“[Indeed, pop culture expert Robert Thompson, head of Syracuse University's Center for the Study of Popular Television, calls it not just one of the best TV shows in history but] among the best comic American art of any medium, ... Peanuts.”
Charlie Chaplin
“What has been happening the last four years in City Hall is that they have been closing recreation centers, closing libraries. We have not looked after our children in City Hall.”
Carl Stokes
“She knocked on doors, helped raise funds and did whatever needed to be done to make sure the center was built. My brother Martin and I, as well as the rest of my family and the King Center Board, have both a personal and moral responsibility to carry forth the heart and spirit of my mother's vision and the historic legacy she wishes to pass on to future generations.”
Bernice King
