“I have nothing left to prove. I've already done enough to my neck.” DoneEnoughLeftProveNecks Author:Prince Fielder
“I miss playing baseball. Just being able to swing the bat, or run, or dive for a ball, or slide into second. If I could even do that in a softball league, I would never miss anything about baseball. I don't miss the crowds or the travel or even being in the big leagues. I just miss being able to take batting practice and being able to swing as hard as I can. That's all I miss.” IfsI CanHardBigsRunningAblePracticeMissingBaseballBallsCrowdsLeagueIf I CouldSwingsJust BeingBatsSlidesSoftballBattingPlaying BaseballBatting Practice Author:Prince Fielder
“Mein Kampf, this terrible book of Adolph Hitler is outlawed. I made a point in the Dutch parliament that I say to all these liberal politicians and socialist politicians in my own parliament that, "Hey you are very happy here, you applauded the fact that Mein Kampf was outlawed in the Netherlands. If you are really consistent, you should, for the same arguments that you use as liberal politicians to outlaw Mein Kampf, outlaw the Koran as well."” IfsShouldWellsMadeBookFactsUseMy OwnPoliticianTerribleArgumentHeyConsistentSocialistVery HappyParliamentDutchOutlawHey YouMein KampfNetherlandsAdolph Hitler Author:Geert Wilders
“Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.” WarSoulHumanityPeaceProcessOpinionBuildingHarmonyStructurePeacefulBarriersWorkoutBeing At PeacePeace And HarmonyPeaceful WorldAchieving PeacePeace Of HeartPeace HarmonyPeace Of SoulCultural BarriersSitting Quietly Author:John F. Kennedy
“Every new refugee to a society, whether it's the United States or some other place, is subjected to fear. They are the new outsider population, the new other.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesPopulationOutsidersRefugee Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“40, 50 years ago, Americans - the majority of Americans did not want to accept these Vietnamese refugees who they saw as completely foreign. Now there are new foreigners - Syrians and other people from the Middle East, people of Muslim backgrounds. And the sense among many Americans is, well, these people are completely different from us, and they're not like the Vietnamese who are much more assimilable. And I think that's very, very doubtful. I think that the majority of these new foreigners, if given the opportunity, will be able to assimilate and deal with American culture.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantYearsWellsDifferentAbleCultureOpportunityGivenDealsAcceptingSawsMiddleYears AgoMajorityEastBackgroundsMiddle EastRefugeeAmerican CultureForeignersDoubtfulVietnameseVietnamese Refugees Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“You have to wear a different face when you're interacting with the larger culture. And you can be more of yourself at home or in the local market or in the local church speaking your own language. That was my sense growing up as a Vietnamese refugee in San Jose.” DifferentHomeFacesCultureLanguageChurchGrowing UpGrowingLocalsRefugeeInteractingVietnameseLocal ChurchDifferent FacesVietnamese Refugees Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“I think my parents' lives are worthy of writing about. I don't think my life is particularly worthy of writing about.” ThinkingWritingLife IsParentWorthy Author:Nguyen Viet Thang
“People might like to think a war is done when a cease fire is signed, but for most people who lived through a war it goes on for decades.” PeopleThinkingWarDoneMightFireGoes OnDecadesCease Author:Nguyen Viet Thang