Canastota Quotes & Sayings

Police throughout the United States have been caught fabricating, planting, and manipulating evidence to obtain convictions where cases would otherwise be very weak. Some authorities regard police perjury as so rampant that it can be considered a "subcultural norm rather than an individual aberration" of police officers. Large-scale investigations of police units in almost every major American city have documented massive evidence of tampering, abuse of the arresting power, and discriminatory enforcement of laws. There also appears to be widespread police perjury in the preparation of reports because police know these reports will be used in plea bargaining. Officers often justify false and embellished reports on the grounds that it metes out a rough justice to defendants who are guilty of wrongdoing but may be exonerated on technicalities. [internal citations omitted] — Dale Carpenter

I can't divide Camille's loyalties. Who knows? He might make the wrong choice. — Hilary Mantel

News is a stream of events, questions (and sometimes answers), debate, increasing information, and evolving understanding. — Jeff Jarvis

How it's Done is a richly woven tale of a young woman who discovers what it really means to be an adult. This story, told with honesty and heart, held me in my seat to the very end. I have discovered a new favorite writer in Christine MacLean. — Han Nolan

Good evening, Miss Fairmont."
She saw Black sprawled out in a wingback chair, jacketless, the white shirt he wore unbuttoned to the waist, revealing an enticing view of his chest and the fine black hair that was hidden beneath. "I was beginning to wonder if you would come tonight. It is midnight after all."
On cue the large pendulum clock in the hall began to chime out the hour. Isabella met his gaze, marveled at the dark layers in his eyes. He appeared at once indolent, yet supremely masculine, and in his state of dishabille he was utterly breathtaking. — Charlotte Featherstone

You must continue to gain expertise, but avoid thinking like an expert. — Denis Waitley

But after he tells you how they died, I want you to remember how they lived( ... ) — Elizabeth Fama

Why should we try to be normal? Normal is boring. — Michelle Madow

I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody. — Claudette Colbert

O God, don't let them hurt Lord le Wyse. Help me, God. I have to save him. Why? the voice in her head asked. Why do you have to save him? The voice answered itself. Because you love him. I do! O God, I do love him. She'd loved him for a long time, and she suddenly wanted to tell him so, more than anything. But first she had to get to him before anyone else - before it was too late. — Melanie Dickerson

My fan base is really, really young. They're the youngest demographic that you can track on YouTube: 13- to 17-year-old females. But the fan mail that I get in my P.O. box, they're all from moms and from kids who are two years old, three years old, four years old. — Rosanna Pansino

Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations. — Les Brown

And in that part of the world the darkness could go on and on forever, as though there would never be light again. She hadn't ever been able to tolerate that very well. — Anna Godbersen

There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus. — Bob Phillips

You have the power to change your current circumstances and create a whole new reality for yourself. — John Spender