I feel at great pain when the spotlight is on the death of 4,000 American soldiers, while 600,000 Iraqi deaths are ignored. War is not a movie, it is a tragedy of dead bodies, victims, the disabled, orphans, widows and the displaced. I feel sad when I realize how much truth is being changed or obscured in the American media.
- Sharon StoneI am in the process of starting a nonprofit organization that gives rescued animals a home in a simulated wild environment and, for those who have been tested on, who are disabled, aggressive, etc., their own space to live out their days.
- Casey AffleckYou must obey this now for a Law, that he that will not worke shall not eate (except by sickness he be disabled:) for the labors of thirtie or fortie honest and industrious men shall not be consumed to maintaine an hundred and fiftie idle loyterers
- John SmithThe demand for services available through the Senior and Disabled Clearing Assistance Program has more than doubled in the past twelve months. In order to continue to provide these services until additional grant funding is received, we need the community`s support.
- Michelle PhillipsSomewhere in the busy pipeline of public funding is sure to be a demand from a disabled lesbian on welfare that the Metropolitan Opera stage her rap version of Carmen as translated into Ebonics.
- Charlton HestonThe Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin has a legal right to ride in a golf cart between shots at PGA Tour events. Man, the next thing you know, they`re going to have some guy carry his clubs around for him.
- Jon StewartIf you`re an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don`t fit in, if you`re not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero.
- Steve GuttenbergIt`s been difficult not being at the park. I came here to help this organization grow, and I haven`t had a chance to do that. I still feel like a player, and I`m sitting at home during the season. This if the first time I`ve been on a 60-day (disabled list) and I knew my year was over.
- Troy PercivalIt`s not just putting people with disabilities in the movies - it`s putting them in and letting them be a wide range of characters. Some of them are funny, some of them are not, some of them are nice, some of them are jerks. They`re just like everybody else. If a guy came up to us and he was physically disabled or something and he was mad at us for something we did, it would kill us. Me or Pete - it would kill us.
- Bobby FarrellyIf (pitch counts) were a panacea to our problems, I`d be all for it. But disabled lists are loaded with pitchers. There`s hardly a pitcher living anymore that hasn`t had surgery.
- Dallas GreenTo me, the moment that the state has a compelling interest in is precisely when human life is most vulnerable -- the very young, the very old, and all of us in between who is some ways are handicapped, disabled, are vulnerable to exploitation, ... Those of us who are able-bodied, who are able to articulate our own interests, who have access to all the resource in society, we really don`t need the state`s help. We`ll do just fine. It`s the others that concern me. And for the state to turn that argument on its head and say that as you approach your death, the state has less and less of an interest in your life, is to me completely bizarre.
- Carlos GómezThere is this argument that to me is rabidly fascist, which is that one`s worth is in some way or perhaps completely determined by one`s functionality, ... In other words, you cease to have moral worth or your moral worth is somehow lessened when you become disabled, demented, incompetent or terminally ill.
- Carlos GómezI`m also involved in the rights of the disabled and do some fundraising for that and I thought it would have been a big boost for the campaign but it couldn`t be worked out.
- David ProwseI think it helped me keep a sense of humor about things. It was a really good job. I really loved it. I was helping people. I worked with disabled people. I helped them find jobs and that sort of thing.
- Tom ClarkI am disabled, so I can`t travel, and I have not been to any development meetings, but Gary and the others affiliated with the film keep me updated on everything.
- Laura HillenbrandThe past few days have been painful for everyone involved. But that is nothing compared to any offense that may have been caused to disabled people in our community and in our country.
- David DaviesI`ve disabled my Web browser until we are able to decide what we want to do. What do we want our policy to be?
- Steve SimonWhen Medicare was created for senior citizens and America `s disabled in 1965, about half of a senior`s health care spending was on doctors and the other half on hospitals.
- Dennis HastertI`m very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I`m doing.
- Chuck CloseLet`s face it, in America today we don`t have a health care system, we have a sick care system. We wait until people become obese, develop chronic diseases, or become disabled - and then we spend untold hundreds of billions annually to try to make them better.
- Tom HarkinI also worked as a lobbyist, Mr. Reed. My job was working as a lobbyist for poor people, consumers, the mentally ill and disabled.
- Jim MartinOur challenge to the children is simple: solve an everyday problem by creating a muscle-powered tool. Their response is extraordinary - with tools that do everything from making household tasks easier, to improving the lives of the young, disabled or elderly.
- Bob VilaIt is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled veterans more than speeches, parades and monuments.
- Alan UkeToday, Medicare provides health insurance to about 40 million seniors and disabled individuals each year. The number is only expected to grow as the baby boomers begin retiring.
- Aliasghar SoltaniyehAmerica has also forever lost the service of thousands of good soldiers who are now disabled as a result of battle wounds in Iraq. Many others will need mental and emotional rehabilitation before they can return to normal life.
- Allama IqbalOur old site did not have very good support for the disabled, but our new site should soon have much better support. With all of our content in divs now, we can hide all but the relevant chunks of content and navigation with a simple alternate CSS file.
- Amar StoudemireWhat I`ve tried to do . . . is create a whole model that got away from test scores and avoided labels like LD (learning disabled) or ADD (attention-deficit disorder), and use a profile of strengths and weaknesses.
- Anita RamirezThe aged and disabled population makes up about 20 percent of Medicaid and they use 60 to 70 percent of the expenditures.
- Anne NewmanTwo of my kids are fully disabled. This is where I go to release everything.
- Ashley HillA lot of disabled people here are integrated into the school system. There, they`re grouped together in homes. There`s a lot of villages in really bad situations. There is no safety net there; there`s no social services. There`s very little government help.
- Badru KiggunduSocial Security is truly a test of our values as Americans. Social Security is a fundamental promise that lifts half of our seniors out of poverty and helps millions of disabled Americans, widows and orphans. We owe Americans a better debate than we`re having today. It`s about time we do everything we can to keep the promise of Social Security.
- Senator John Kerry