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January 20

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Quotes of the dayfrom previous years:

2004
No man can justly censure or condemn another, because indeed no man truly knows another ~Sir Thomas Browne
2005
The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world. ~George W. Bush
2006
I don't understand politics. I don't understand the concept of two sides. And I think that probably there's good on both sides, bad on both sides, and there's a middle ground. But it never seems to come to the middle ground. And it's very frustrating watching it, and seemingly we're not moving forward. ~David Lynch(born 20 January 1946]
2007
What is an artist? A provincial who finds himself somewhere between a physical reality and a metaphysical one.... It’s this in-between that I’m calling a province, this frontier country between the tangible world and the intangible one — which is really the realm of the artist. ~Federico Fellini(born 20 January 1920)
2008
I love child things because there's so much mystery when you're a child. When you're a child, something as simple as a tree doesn't make sense. You see it in the distance and it looks small, but as you go closer, it seems to grow — you haven't got a handle on the rules when you're a child. We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experienced is a narrowing of the imagination. ~David Lynch
2009
There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair. The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you, we as a people will get there. ~Barack Obama
2010
To those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope. ~Barack Obama
2011
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.… It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.
We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America. ~Barack Obama
2012
Allartis autobiographical; thepearlis theoyster’s autobiography. ~Federico Fellini(born 20 January 1920)
2013
Lord—Protectmyfamilyandme.Forgiveme mysins,and help me guard againstprideanddespair.Giveme thewisdomto do what isrightandjust.And make me an instrument of yourwill.
~Barack Obama~
2014
Experienceis what you get while looking for something else.
~Federico Fellini~
2015
There's thisbeautifuloceanofblissandconsciousnessthat isableto be reached by anyhumanbeing by diving within, which is really peaceful andharmoniousand can be enlivened by the group process.… This is all about establishingpeace.Right now, we gotta get peace back in theworld.Peace is arealthing.
~David Lynch~
2016
There is noconflictin theabsoluteuniverse,but there is conflict in therelativeworld.
~Koichi Tohei~
2017
Sadly,theAmerican dreamisdead.But if I getelectedpresident,I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before,and we will makeAmericagreatagain.
~Donald Trump~
  • proposed byKalkiin regard to the impending inauguration of Trump as the 45th President of the USA.
2018
There are so many clues andfeelingsin theworldthat it makes amysteryand a mystery means there's apuzzleto besolved.Once you think like that you're hooked on probably finding ameaning,and there're many avenues inlifewhere we're given little indications that the mystery can one day be solved. We get littleproofs,— not the big proof — but the little proofs that keep ussearching.
~David Lynch~
2019
I don't think abouttechnique.Theideasdictate everything. You have to betrueto that or you'redead.
~David Lynch~
2020
Every single thing in theworldthat was made by anyone started with anidea.So to catch one that is powerful enough to fall inlovewith, it is one of the mostbeautifulexperiences.It's like being jolted withelectricityandknowledgeat the sametime.
~David Lynch~
2021
Wemustrestore thesoulofAmerica.
Ournationis shaped by the constantbattlebetween our betterangelsand ourdarkestimpulses.
It istimefor our better angels toprevail.
Tonight, the wholeworldiswatchingAmerica. Ibelieveat our best America is a beacon for the globe.
And weleadnot by theexampleof ourpower,but by the power of our example.…Now,together — on eagle's wings — we embark on theworkthatGodandhistoryhave called upon us to do.
With fullheartsand steady hands, withfaithin America and in each other, with aloveofcountry— and a thirst forjustice— let us be the nation that we know we can be.
A nationunited.
A nationstrengthened.
A nationhealed.
The United States of America.
~Joe Biden~
2022
Onechangeofattitudewould changeeverything.If everyone realized that it could be abeautifulworldand said let's not do these things anymore — let's havefun.
~David Lynch~
2023
"It can't happen here"is number one on the list offamouslast words.
~David Crosby~
  • proposed byKalki;in regard of his recent death.
2024
Remember we have thepotentialto makelifebetter for others. In our own small way, we caninspire,mentor, andencourageotherwomento dogreatthings. So, don’t hold back. Don’t besilent.Don’t give in tofear.
Be bold. Be adventurous. Beyourself.There will always be people who want to tell you what you can do and what you can’t. What ispossibleand what is not. I know because I have encountered those people throughout my life. Some of them werewell meaning.But all of them wanted to limit my potential. Your potential is limitless. Your life — the life you want — is worth fighting for.
So, fight.
~Nikki Haley~
  • proposed byKalki;date of birth.
2025
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Date for officialUnited States presidential inaugurationceremonies

DOB:Joy Adamson·Buzz Aldrin·George Burns·Kellyanne Conway·Jeffrey Epstein·Federico Fellini·Nikki Haley·David Lynch·Bill Maher·Koichi Tohei·Slim Whitman·Fareed Zakaria

A created thing is never invented and it is never true: it is always and ever itself. ~Federico Fellini(born January 20, 1920)

  • 3InvisibleSun08:39, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
  • 3Kalki16:53, 19 January 2007 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
  • 1Zarbon18:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
  • 3UDScott16:27, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
  • 3 (leaning toward 4)allixpeeke(talk) 00:17, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets. ~Federico Fellini(born 20 January 1920)

There is noend.There is nobeginning.There is only theinfinitepassionoflife.~Federico Fellini(born 20 January 1920)

  • 3Kalki09:08, 20 January 2007 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
  • 1Zarbon18:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
  • 3UDScott16:27, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
  • 3InvisibleSun23:06, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
  • 3allixpeeke(talk) 00:17, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

The values of Western civilization are not just different, they'rebetter.I know a whole generation has been raised on the notion of multiculturalism, that all civilizations are just different. No, not always. Sometimes things are better. Rule of law isbetterthan autocracy and theocracy. Equality of the sexes,better.Protection of minorities,better.Free speech,better.Free elections,better.~Bill Maher

  • 3DanielTom(talk) 20:59, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
  • 1♞☤☮♌︎Kalki⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡18:54, 30 July 2014 (UTC) some things are indeed ALWAYS better, and true pluralism DOES recognize this, and asserts that the IMPLICIT or EXPLICIT bigotry which has so little scope of the ETERNAL struggles of LIGHT LIFE LIBERTY and LOVEeverywhere ALWAYSis always something tragic, and sometimesdisgusting,especially when it cites TRUE virtues AS IF they were EXCLUSIVE virtues.Soitgoes…⨀∴☥☮♥∵ॐ…Blessings.~♞☤☮♌︎Kalki⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡18:54, 30 July 2014 (UTC)
  • 2allixpeeke(talk) 00:17, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

I would say that the feminine values are now the values of America; sensitivity is more important than truth; feelings are more important than facts; commitment is more important than individuality; children are more important than people; safety is more important than fun. I always hear women say, "Y'know, married men live longer." Uh, yes, and an indoor cat...also...lives longer. It's a fur-ball with a broken spirit that can only look out on a world it will never enjoy, but it does, technically, live longer. ~Bill Maher

The more things change, the more they stay the same.
~Alphonse Karr~
  • 4if used in 2017, 2021, 2025, 2029, 2033, 2037, 2041, 2045,etc.,1if used any other year.allixpeeke(talk) 00:17, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
  • 2♞☤☮♌︎Kalki⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡19:23, 8 October 2014 (UTC), with perhaps a lean towards 3 or 4 on some US presidential inauguration years.
The worst thing about this modern world is that people think you get killed on television with zero pain and zero blood. It must enter into kids' heads that it's not very messy to kill somebody, and it doesn't hurt that much. That's a real sickness to me. That's arealsick thing.
~David Lynch~


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