“Look at Andrew Roe's The Miracle Girl from one angle and you'll see an incisive and insightful critique of America at the millennium and today, investigating where we put our faith and why. The greatest of Roe's achievements in this captivating debut is a memorable feat of intense empathy. Roe inhabits characters who are desperate to believe and reveals to us their needs and wounds and hopes, and he does so with kindness, generosity, and wisdom. This is a novel about what it means to be human, to seek connection and hope and maybe even transcendence in the world around us.” WorldNeedsBelieveHumansLooksMeanDoeCharacterTodayAmericaGirlKindnessNovelAchievementEmpathyConnectionsMiracleWoundsIntenseGenerosityMemorableDesperateInsightfulAngleTranscendenceCritiqueFeatsAndrewMillenniumDebutInvestigatingCaptivatingKindness GenerosityWhat It Means To Be Human Author:Doug Dorst
“Only someone as puffed up and demented as John Maynard Keynes, every left wing fascist's sainted mentor in this connection, could manage to convince himself that taxing America's Productive Class can restore it to prosperity. In point of fact, it's like screwing for chastity, guzzling alcohol for sobriety, or gorging to fight gluttony. It's like killing indiscriminately for peace - oops, Democrats, Republicans and their moral and spiritual ilk have devoutly believed that particular bit of perverse nonsense since at least the War of 1812.” WarFactsAmericaSpiritualFightingLeftBitsMoralClassParticularRepublicanConnectionsWingsDemocratKillingProsperityAlcoholManageProductiveNonsenseConvinceMentorFascistsSobrietyChastityLeft WingGluttonyDementedKeynesWar Of 1812 Author:L. Neil Smith
“Starbucks being an extension of peoples home and work. The sense of community, human connection. That appears to be as relevant in Turkey, China, Japan and Spain as it is here in America. And Starbucks I think is creating something for people all over the world that has not existed before.” PeopleThinkingWorldHumansHomeAmericaCommunityCreatingConnectionsChinaJapanRelevantExtensionsSpainTurkeysStarbucksCreating SomethingHuman Connection Author:Howard Schultz
“I think all in all, one thing a lot of plays seem to be saying is that we need to, as black Americans, to make a connection with our past in order to determine the kind of future we're going to have. In other words, we simply need to know who we are in relation to our historical presence in America.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsKindPlaySeemsAmericaPastOrderBlackOne ThingConnectionsRelationHistoricalDetermineWho We AreOur Past Author:August Wilson
“I do think that there's a special connection between Australia and America. It's kind of unexplainable. It's just one of those things. It's all about God's timing. We're thankful to be a part of it.” ThinkingKindAmericaSpecialConnectionsJust OneAustraliaTimingUnexplainable Author:Reuben Morgan
“I am still very proud of that concert. In America, the (musicians') connection with the conductor is as with management - it becomes political. You cannot conduct properly in this environment. I hate this enemy situation between management and orchestra members.” StillsAmericaPoliticalHateSituationEnemyEnvironmentProudMembersMusicianConnectionsI HateManagementConcertsOrchestraConductor Author:Neeme Jarvi
“In the United States of America, we are so liberal-minded on so many different aspects, but for some reason there's always going to be this weird connection with nudity being a bad thing. American's can be so prude sometimes.” DifferentSometimesStatesReasonAmericaUnitedUnited StatesAspectConnectionsBad ThingsUnited States Of AmericaNudityPrudes Author:Erin Wasson
“While Donald Trump was busy with his accountants trying to figure out how to keep living like a billionaire, and all the while he was using his political connections to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in government subsidies and extra tax breaks for his companies. In other words, Trump was taking from America with both hands, and leaving the rest of us with the bill.” TryingHandsGovernmentAmericaPoliticalCompanyBreakMillionsFiguresTrumpTaxesConnectionsBillsDollarsLeavingBusyExtrasBillionaireAccountantsSubsidiesTax Breaks Author:Hillary Clinton
“When you see what has happened in America, driving religion, driving believers from the public square, there is a clear connection to the challenges we have in this country morally, economically, militarily. It goes back to pushing biblical values out of the public square.” CountryAmericaValuesChallengesClearHappenedConnectionsBelieverDrivingPushingSquaresBiblical Author:Rick Perry
“Be yourself. Hillary Clinton, you have a great vision for our country. You know the policy, you have good judgment that springs from that. You're a strategic thinker, and you have a connection with the American people that springs from a lifetime of service and leadership to them, to America's working families. So, just go talk about that. Forget the script, forget everything else. Just be Hillary Clinton. Be yourself.” PeopleKnowsCountryAmericaForgetVisionPolicyJudgmentSpringConnectionsLifetimeClintonScriptsOur CountryBeing YourselfThinkerStrategicGood JudgmentForget EverythingGreat Vision Author:Nancy Pelosi
“We need to have strong allies. Our association and connection with our allies is essential to America's strength. We're the great nation that has allies, 42 allies and friends around the world.” WorldNeedsAmericaStrongNationsEssentialsConnectionsAround The WorldAlliesAssociationGreat Nations Author:Mitt Romney
“People in America get really angry at the Federal Reserve and at the "money system" in general during economic crises. The Fed draws hostility because of its power, its insulation from democratic accountability, its lack of transparency, and because of its historical and structural connections to finance.” PeopleAmericaEconomicDrawsConnectionsCrisisAngryHistoricalDemocraticFinanceAccountabilityFedsReservesHostilityGet RealTransparencyFederal ReserveEconomic CrisisInsulation Author:Gerald Epstein
“I am convinced that, despite what you think of Obama, I don't think Obama has a person-to-person connection with people. I think people love him because of his race and feel sorry for him, object of sympathy. I think people feel he's a victim, he portrays himself as a victim of America; he gets sympathy that way.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsPersonsAmericaRaceObjectsConnectionsVictimSorryConvincedDespiteSorry For Him Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I just got hooked on the radio, the voice of it all. It was my connection to metropolitan America, if you will. Sports, in particularly baseball then 'cause of its rich sediment of numbers, was one of the first things a young person could peg up with adults on - that is, you could know as much about Jimmy Fox as your father did.” IfsKnowsFirstsPersonsAmericaYoungFatherCausesSportsVoiceNumbersRichAdultsConnectionsBaseballRadioFoxesJimmyHookedPegMetropolitan Author:George Will
“As a Jew and a psychologist, I understand the stress that religious communities feel in connection with questioning of circumcision... I raise these questions out of deep caring and compassion, for our community generally, and our male infants in particular. We are inflicting, generally, unrecognized harm with circumcision, and the perpetuation of this harm is far greater a concern than the discomfort that comes from confronting the advisability of this practice. Many Jews who do not circumcise in North America, South America, Europe, and Israel support this view.” FeelsAmericaCommunityReligiousViewsCompassionPracticeSupportGreaterParticularEuropeConcernConnectionsStressRaisesSouthMalesJewIsraelCaringHarmQuestioningInfantDiscomfortPsychologistOur CommunityNorth AmericaConfrontingSouth AmericaCircumcisionReligious CommunityCaring And Compassion Author:Ronald Goldman
“The worst, most dangerous person to America is clearly Paula Deen. She revels in unholy connections with evil corporations and she's proud of the fact that her food is f---ing bad for you. If I were on at seven at night and loved by millions of people at every age, I would think twice before telling an already obese nation that it's OK to eat food that is killing us. Plus, her food sucks.” PeopleIfsThinkingPersonsFactsAgeAmericaNightEvilNationsMillionsWorstDangerousProudConnectionsSevenKillingCorporationsPlusThink TwiceObeseDeen Author:Anthony Bourdain
“When the President was asked about global warming at a public appearance yesterday, he responded by talking about America's addiction to oil. You make the connection.” AmericaPresidentTalkingConnectionsAddictionAppearanceOilYesterdayGlobal Warming Author:Gwen Ifill
“That's beautiful: the hurrah game! well — it's our game: that's the chief fact in connection with it: America's game: has the snap, go fling, of the American atmosphere — belongs as much to our institutions, fits into them as significantly, as our constitutions, laws: is just as important in the sum total of our historic life.” WellsImportantFactsAmericaBeautifulLawGamesFitConnectionsConstitutionInstitutionsChiefsAtmosphereHistoricSnapsFling Author:Walt Whitman