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We're helping the survivors of Katrina, having our voices heard, and it's a great way to take back Sept. 11.


Alice Hoffman

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Sept. 11 jolted America out of its second gilded age.
DOUGLAS WILDER This is about not having another Sept. 11 anywhere in the world.
DEENA BURNETT Having our voices heard in the wilderness is akin to sharing our souls. Angelina J. Windsor
ANGELINA J. WINDSOR Sept. 11 changed our lives in a lot of ways.
JOSEPH CAPRIOTTI A lot of the stereotypes went away after Sept. 11 of us being rude and … unwelcoming. For the firs...
CHRISTYNE NICHOLAS It's going to happen again. And we're not ready for it, as you can see by Katrina. ... We're going t...
MICHAEL PRICE The terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we think about security.
RICHARD BURR It's almost as if this new televised tragedy has brought back the fragility we felt on Sept. 11 and ...
BILL WILLIAMS They have to go way out and pull in Sept. 11, and I think that's inappropriate.
JOSHUA DRATEL The Sept. 11 period really was an aberration - hurricane Katrina has reawakened the sleeping giant, ...
PAUL LEVINSON I heard voices outside our front door - a woman's, bright as polished brass, and a man's, low and da...
TRACY CHEVALIER Given the hole we were in literally and figuratively after Sept. 11, this is clearly a plus,
LAWRENCE WHITE In the wake of Sept. 11 and its severe impacts on commercial aviation, United Technologies turned in...
DAVID GEORGE The igniter of this whole thing was Katrina Chapman. She's a freshman junior varsity player, who's b...
MIKE KLEMBARA Our voices will be heard in the future when we take up an advocacy issue,
DAWN HUDSON For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways -- to the voices of quiet...
RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON For its part, Government will listen. We will strive to listen in new ways / to the voices of quiet ...
RICHARD M. NIXON Unfortunately, since the Sept. 11 tragedy, our business is not doing too well.
HUNTER TYLO We were estimating about $700,000, so we're quite a bit over what we thought we were going to get. W...
DIANE JONES It's absolutely impossible to quantify the impact of Sept. 11.
DAN CULLOTON One of my most rewarding experiences as an engineer was in performing some of the design for the Pen...
DANIEL DUKE We are a generation of women that has listened to the much louder voices of parents, teachers, emplo...
CONNIE STEVENS The reasonable among us must be heard and our voices must come out clearer than the voices of the ex...
AMR KHALED Look back to 2001, ... President Bush was at his all-time high, it was just after Sept. 11, and Virg...
TIM KAINE He's not going to win, but my vote is a vote for having more voices heard in the country.
LARRY BELL My fellow Katrina survivors and I have experienced more tragedy in the last six months than most peo...
DOROTHY STUKES The cuts would have the effect of an additional Sept. 11.
ROC ARNETT Before Sept. 11, (2001), we were receiving about 5,500 combat boots a month for the troops. There's ...
FRANK JOHNSON Sept. 11 made Americans aware of our national security vulnerability, and there is a good chance tha...
ANDREW KOHUT [• Ellen DeGeneres , who was praised for her graceful performance as host of the Emmy Awards that ...
ELLEN DEGENERES There's no doubt this is connected to the events of Sept. 11 and the presence of President Bush.
FERNANDO ROSPIGLIOSI These numbers show more fully the impact of the attacks of Sept. 11 on our country, ... We had been ...
ELAINE CHAO The most logical explanation is that the scale of what we were actually able to observe on TV on Sep...
BOB THOMPSON We'll make our voices heard loud and clear on the importance of cost-based power.
MARIA CANTWELL We're just taking a precaution to make sure I'm ready for Sept. 11.
FRED SMOOT Between 'Futurama' and 'Simpsons,' I'm able to work with the voices of Michael J...
RICH MOORE We're kids, but we still want our voices heard.
JOCELYN ALMEIDA We didn't like having the police show up in the mornings. We came back from vacation and heard polic...
MARK MANGANO a great way to ... empower these hurricane survivors to really start rebuilding their lives.
MICHAEL BROWN We are pleased with Schneider's responsiveness, flexible capacity and consistency, and were impresse...
DON MILLS That was pre-Sept. 11; that was another era.
GLORIA LEE After 9/11 there were some of these sites. It was much greater after the tsunami, and it's even grea...
LOUIS REIGEL Can you do me a favor? Say happy anniversary to my wife, Valerie? Our anniversary is Sept. 11, belie...
PAT KELLY This anticipated package of spending should go a long way to saving lives and helping make the back-...
WAYNE PATTERSON There are more hurdles of the county commission and with each hurdle, we'll make our voices heard.
DICK LANGLOIS Shopping with friends is a great way of still enjoying the thrill of the chase without having to mak...
SOPHIE KINSELLA This is a desperate propaganda ploy, an attempt to link Sept. 11 to the war in Iraq.
ADAM EIDINGER So far, our fans have responded in an overwhelmingly positive way to our decision to forego traditio...
MARC DEFOREST I find hard to believe we are having this hearing today to consider $10 billion in cuts to Medicaid,...
TOM ALLEN I don't believe he knew when (Sept. 11) was going to happen.
ABRAHAM SCOTT When the attack occurred on Sept. 11, New York was hurt, America was hurt, the world was hurt. This ...
ALLAN STEINFELD I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES I ask for calm yet resolute voices to be heard in our communities. It is imperative that people of g...
MARCIA FUDGE Plus, the response from Sept. 11 was a lot different. You had (government officials) out there with ...
BOB THOMPSON Our mission is simple: To reduce any impediment and to make sure their voices are heard.
DONNA BRAZILE The magnitude of this calamity is beyond comprehension, ... It's like Sept. 11 all over again.
MIKE STANTON I think many of the ideas that opened up in the '60s got implemented in the '70s and that ce...
TODD HAYNES We got so much people that's helping us out and doing a lot of things. I thought nobody will give a ...
JOSEPH WILLIAMS Yen buying seems to be stalling after an initial round of optimism about the Sept. 11 election reced...
TOMOKO FUJII Yen buying seems to be stalling after an initial round of optimism about the Sept. 11 election reced...
TOMOKO FUJII We have to rise up and make sure that our voices are heard and that begins tomorrow.
JOHN EDWARDS Speak up! We live in a democracy. We all need to make sure our voices are heard and our opinions are...
BILL LIPINSKI But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 ...
BRENT SCOWCROFT Since Sept. 11, 2001, we have seen a real movement across the country at the state and federal level...
DREWRY FENNELL Let our voices be heard. I hope they will not be shrill voices, but, I hope we shall speak with such...
GORDON B. HINCKLEY This is very much like the situation we saw right after Sept. 11,
JAY NIXON I'm delighted to learn about Fawn Park and especially the memorial for those who died in the attacks...
LAURA BUSH An overriding spirit of humanity became a stronger force in play on Sept. 11 in the compassion and c...
FRED DIAZ Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government, ... And to ...
BARBARA BUSH Alice is much a focused rebellion, he's a fantastic cartoon character almost, if you like, and there...
BRUCE DICKINSON Just think about the game. Think about playing great, having a great time. Helping my team win.
DEION SANDERS [Reid insisted on an independent commission modeled after the Sept. 11, 2001, panel to investigate w...
BILL FRIST He listened to all sides. He managed [the hearings] well, so people knew their voices were being hea...
JOEL MILLS Since war became a geographically distant but very real way of life after Sept. 11, 2001, no Hollywo...
ANDREW BREITBART This is someone who has staked his presidency on strong leadership through crises, and now he has fa...
CHARLES FRANKLIN A bookshop is a peaceful sanctuary of silent voices waiting to heard
MALA NAIDOO [But the effectiveness of the response to Katrina appears to diminish the higher you move up the cha...
TRENT LOTT No one wants to withhold relief funding for survivors of Katrina, ... the red flag to show there's s...
WILL ADAMS The Minnesota spirit of compassion and help for people in need has moved countless Minnesotans to st...
JIM RAMSTAD There is definitely a sense of urgency. People are feeling like if our voices are going to be heard,...
GEOFFREY BOYCE There are some legitimate security issues, but I believe many of the objections the administration i...
BOB GRAHAM The governor was basically arguing that anything could be denied that could be considered part of an...
BLAIR HORNER The survivors were seated in the back. They managed to get out and wade through the swamp to the nea...
JOHNNY LUNA We had people saying, 'What about Sept. 11?' and 'Do you want them to come here and knock down more ...
JANE MERCALDI After that, we tried to figure out a way to get more voices with us and how to be heard and get resp...
AHMED AKKARI This is the only opportunity for the government to make a Sept. 11 case. This is it. There isn't ano...
JULIETTE KAYYEM Our personal reaction was one of relief, because they got it right. When it comes to Sept. 11 and Un...
DAVID BEAMER It's not a significant impact on numbers. It wasn't in Boeing's plan. The bottom line is there's a g...
JOSEPH NADOL It's not a significant impact on numbers. It wasn't in Boeing's plan, ... The bottom line is there's...
JOSEPH NADOL Julia heard from her mummy that fairies were gentle creatures with singing voices just like the merm...
MAGDA M. OLCHAWSKA Airlines moved fast after Sept. 11, re-engineering, restructuring. But governments have not played a...
GIOVANNI BISIGNANI Volunteering is a great way to look outside your own problems. Giving back to makes you happier by b...
KAREN SALMANSOHN After Sept. 11, there was a reticence and worrying about films that touched on war, and even more on...
GILLIAN ARMSTRONG Hurricane Katrina was the most significant test of our new national emergency preparedness and respo...
JOE LIEBERMAN The U.S. government unfairly deported thousands of immigrants after the Sept. 11 attacks, simply bec...
ANTHONY ROMERO What's the lesson of 9/11? What's the lesson of Katrina? It's encouraging people to be ready, to mak...
JAY FISETTE Like the rest of the economy, the housing market is clearly showing the effects of the Sept. 11 atta...
BRUCE SMITH Our information from the scene is that there were no survivors.
CARLOS SANTANA Funds raised at the yard sale will be donated via the Tahoe-Douglas Chamber to the American Red Cros...
KATHLEEN FARRELL Having our own Chase would be a way for us to get more attention. And it's a way to take away attent...
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ANDREW HOFFMAN It worked out perfect. I was so happy with how it went. I was so proud of my teammates and everyone....
ANDREW HOFFMAN As long as it was close, I was going to bring it home, and I was going to win it.
ANDREW HOFFMAN I don't need the trophy or ribbon to remind me of my accomplishments or anything.
ANDREW HOFFMAN If you contrast the productivity that comes from a networked or capitalist distribution of resources...
REID HOFFMAN The magic was in the Marshall Plan itself. It provided an opportunity for appealing and constructive...
PAUL HOFFMAN That's what friends should do. cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest.
BETH HOFFMAN I want to do the best I can, since I made it, and just have fun.
ANNELISE HOFFMAN I think it's like 21 hours a week (training time).
ANNELISE HOFFMAN I don't really have a favorite event, I like them all.
ANNELISE HOFFMAN We do more routines as the regional gets closer.
ANNELISE HOFFMAN Our goal is to empower consumers. We're trying to give them the most up-to-date information possible...
AMANDA HOFFMAN People are spending a long time on the site. They're looking at their own homes, their bosses' homes...
AMANDA HOFFMAN We are in beta mode. We completely expected that some of our data was not going to be accurate.
AMANDA HOFFMAN Oh, my goodness. That may be a bug.
AMANDA HOFFMAN We know it's rocky right now. But the sky's the limit.
AMANDA HOFFMAN All of this was public information; it was just really hard for the consumer to get.
AMANDA HOFFMAN It's really designed to give you a starting point. If you're not feeling well, you can enter in your...
AMANDA HOFFMAN You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimil...
ABBIE HOFFMAN Starting a company is like throwing yourself off the cliff and assembling an airplane on the way dow...
REID HOFFMAN The death penalty and the arguments it inspires don't only involve ethics, morals, and justice. ...
REID HOFFMAN