FrenchieCat
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Tue Jan-20-09 01:51 PM
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"We must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America." |
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"For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act - not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.
Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions - who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage." -- President Barack Obama, January 20, 2009, at his Inauguration.
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LisaM
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Tue Jan-20-09 01:52 PM
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1. Those words sounded familiar! Fred and Ginger! |
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Tue Jan-20-09 02:12 PM
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2. a Dorothy Fields fan here |
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Pick yourself up... Take a deep breath... Dust yourself off And start all over again.
Nothing's impossible, I have found For when my chin is on the ground. I pick myself up, Dust myself off And start all over again.
Don't lose your confidence If you slip Be grateful for a pleasant trip And pick yourself up, Dust yourself off And start all over again.
Work like a soul inspired Until the battle of the day is won. You may be sick and tired, But you'll be a man, my son.
Will you remember the famous men Who had to fall to rise again They picked themselves up Dust themselves off And start'd all over again.
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