2003 Quotes

“On January 17, 1991 and for the 43 days that followed, I watched CNN’s live coverage of SCUD missiles and bombs fall over Baghdad like rain; then the 12 ½ years of unjust sanctions that killed approximately a million Iraqis, half of which were children under the age of five; then an unjust attack in 2003 that opened the borders to terrorists from all over the world and reduced the cradle of civilization to piles of rubble. The gov. asked us to support their plan or else be considered anti-American and undemocratic and they ask of us the same today, 25 years later, even though history proved they were pro-profit not pro-life.”

“Regrets are a waste of time. They're the past crippling the present.- From Under the Tuscan Sun, 2003”

“That was 1993 grunge in suburbia. This was 2003 hell in Harlem. (Dark City Lights)”

“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.", Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12, 2003]”

“The only reason I got married in 2003 was for my children. I had a therapist who said marriage is really a container for a family, and that made sense to me.”

“No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read.", NEH Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities 2003)”

“I started playing poker in 2003 during my pregnancy, to distract myself from my awful morning sickness. For months all I did was cry and play Texas Hold'em.”

“Cited from Chuck Palahniuk, 2003 - do not suffer do not rejoice, be not complimented or offended by such gifts. Judge not, lest ye be judged (Ejump, 2017)”

“In 1977, at least, he wished to have people believe that he shared and was proud of an attitude toward women that is not acceptable in a politician. In 2003, all he has said is that he doesn't remember the interview.”