Ground Zero Quotes

• Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.

  Ralph Peters

  Zero, Islamic, Extravagant

  "When Rights Make Wrongs" by Ralph Peters, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 18, 2010.

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• Except for a few small presses, most publishers are north of Ground Zero.

  Richard Curtis

  Zero, Publishers, Presses

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• Memories of the last nine years have turned Ground Zero from a site of horror, to a reminder of grief, to an occasion for ludicrous artistic posturing - and now to something very close to parody.

  John Podhoretz

  Zero, Memories, Grief

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• And if the imam and the Muslim leadership in that community is so intent on building bridges, then they should voluntarily move the mosque away from ground zero and move it whether it's uptown or somewhere else, but move it away from that area, the same as the pope directed the Carmelite nuns to move a convent away from Auschwitz.

  Peter King

  Leadership, Zero, Moving

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• For me, relationships are the real action movies. Bombs are exploding every day and the kitchen is Ground Zero.

  Michelle Williams

  Zero, Real, Kitchen

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• Housing was ground zero for the Great Recession. Between early 2006 and Obama's inauguration in 2009, average house prices fell by a third across the country. In certain areas, including cities as diverse as Akron, Orlando and Las Vegas, house prices fell by more than half.

  Mark Zandi

  Country, Zero, Vegas

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• Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?

  Carl Paladino

  Zero, Memories, War

  "Tea Party Victory Shakes Up New York Politics". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. September 22, 2010.

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• People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero.

  Sarah Palin

  Zero, People, Religion

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. September 09, 2010.

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• If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics.

  Eleanor Clift

  Strong, Zero, War

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• When I was a kid, I went from ground zero to Pluto. The first place I played was the Houston Astrodome.

  Leif Garrett

  Zero, Kids, Houston

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• While researching 'The Submission,' I went to a protest against the Ground Zero mosque in New York when I was about to give birth to twins. It was about 100 degrees. People thought I was very dedicated.

  Amy Waldman

  New York, Zero, People

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• If the Southeast represents the new battlefield in the war on meth, then Tennessee clearly is at ground zero.

  Phil Bredesen

  Zero, War, Tennessee

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• Ground Zero mosque supporters, doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours, throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, please refudiate.

  Sarah Palin

  Zero, Silly, Heart

  "Today Show Highlights Sarah Palin's 'Refudiate,' Skipped Biden Gaffe". "Today Show" with Peter Alexander, www.newsbusters.org. July 20, 2010.

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• Larry wanted us to reposition the tower. We wouldn't, and won't. He's been holding back our fees. We want to get paid. And that's it. It'll get solved and we'll carry on with planning Ground Zero.

  Daniel Libeskind

  Zero, Towers, Want

  "You've got to have faith" by Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. August 4, 2004.

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• Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real.

  Sarah Palin

  Zero, Pain, Real

  Twitter post from Jul 18, 2010

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• There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia.

  Newt Gingrich

  New York, Zero, Long

  "The Proposed New York Mosque and the Constitution" by Peter Ferrara, www.foxnews.com. August 04, 2010.

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• We turn now over the debate of the proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero....The controversy has raised profound questions about religious tolerance and prejudice in the United States.

  Christiane Amanpour

  Religious, Zero, Islamic

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• The Muslims have, as everyone else says, the right to practice their religion and they have the right to construct a mosque at ground zero if they wish. What I am saying, though, is that they should listen to public opinion, they should listen to the deep wounds and anguish that this is causing to so many good people.

  Peter King

  Zero, Practice, People

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• How about that McDonald's two blocks from Ground Zero? That's killed more people than the 19 hijackers.

  Michael Moore

  Zero, Block, Mcdonalds

  "Michael Moore: Ground Zero McDonald's Killed More People Than 9/11 Hijackers" by Noel Sheppard, www.newsbusters.org. September 18, 2010.

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• The real story of the Ground Zero mosque is that the project only became feasible because of the appalling and astonishing fecklessness of the officials who were charged with the reconstruction of the site and the neighborhood all the way back in 2001.

  John Podhoretz

  Zero, Real, Mosques

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• The most surprising thing to me is what an incredibly intense effort it's been to create a world from the ground up. I had run a show that had already existed and had been created by the show-runner, Meredith [Stiehm]. It's a very different experience to come in at ground zero and meet people and assemble the cast and crew. As a group and as a family, we're creating this world.

  Veena Sud

  Running, Zero, Creating

  Source: collider.com

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• Hip hop is at its essence a folk music, because it speaks the language that people are still speaking at ground zero, it speaks the language that people speak on the streets.

  Talib Kweli

  Zero, Essence, People

  Interview with Paul D. Miller, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 7, 2013.

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• We have to start at ground zero and ask what it means to have a real connection with God and what it means to pray. We have to recast our whole understanding of God. We live on the other side of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Steven Hawking, a whole group of people who have recast the way we think about reality.

  John Shelby Spong

  Zero, Real, Mean

  Source: mormon-chronicles.blogspot.com

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• There's something to be said for failing. It's not the failure you feel, it's the failure that people project when something disappoints. You're back to ground zero, where there's no expectations, and that's where I like to be.

  Kevin Smith

  Zero, People, Expectations

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I support mosques, obviously. We need churches, temples, mosques. Whatever people use to speak with their god or to receive spiritual inspiration is good for the country. But the symbolism of it at ground zero, within two blocks or three blocks, I believe is wrong.

  Peter King

  Spiritual, Country, Zero

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