Since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School three years ago, we have lost over 90, 000 Americans to gun violence. This is a manmade crisis that needs to be treated as the public health epidemic it has become.
Weeping is not the same thing as crying. It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like you don't have any bones left to hold you up.
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Sarah Ockler
There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.
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Dalai Lama Xiv
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
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George Bernard Shaw
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
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Horace Walpole
Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.
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Jean Racine
More Quotes By Elizabeth Esty
Veterans Day is an acknowledgment that those willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for our country - and their families - deserve our admiration and respect today and every day.
We may not have the cheapest labor costs, but where we can compete is innovation. Historically, that's been Connecticut's strength, and it can be again.
My brother had the courage to come out in 1978, when equality was still a distant dream.
We want to take the energy surrounding the Sandy Hook anniversary that might otherwise be consumed by grief or anger - or this week in San Bernardino by fear - and channel some of that to honor our common humanity and love each other.
I do think the U.S. has a moral and political leadership role to play.
