{"id":165000,"date":"2026-02-14T21:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T21:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/165000\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T21:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T21:27:06","slug":"entire-towns-in-the-bible-belt-coming-out-for-these-monks-and-other-quotes-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/165000\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Entire towns in the Bible Belt coming out for these monks,\u2019 and other quotes of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIn these divisive times, we saw entire towns in the Bible Belt coming out for these monks \u2014 having no idea of what Buddhism is \u2014 but being uplifted and moved by it. \u2026 That\u2019s inspirational.\u201d \u2014 Mark Duykers, a retired mechanical engineer, talking about the 19 monks who walked 2,300 miles from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth on Oct. 26, 2025, and recently arrived in Washington D.C. (Tuesday, Associated Press<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had some productive conversations over the last couple of weeks with the chair of DART, and we hope that we have a structure of an agreement. \u2026 But a lot has to happen.\u201d \u2014 Plano Mayor John Muns, talking about negotiations between Dallas Area Rapid Transit leaders and its member cities. (Tuesday, The Dallas Morning News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cThese national security trials are ultimately serving a political goal of extinguishing dissent and sending a message to anyone who dares to criticize the Chinese Communist Party.\u201d \u2014 Elaine Pearson of Human Rights Watch, talking about the 20-year prison sentence handed down by a Hong Kong court on 78-year-old publisher and democracy activist Jimmy Lai. (Tuesday, The New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be very, very clear that this should\u2019ve never happened. \u2026 You cannot restrict airspace over a major city without coordinating with the city, the airport, the hospitals, the community leadership. \u2026 That failure to communicate is unacceptable.\u201d \u2014 El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson, in a news conference reacting to the Federal Aviation Administration decision to close El Paso\u2019s airspace after the Defense Department decided to test anti-drone technology. (Wednesday, The New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning. He met his final days with courage, faith and grace. There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity and the sacredness of time. Those days will come.\u201d \u2014 A statement on Instagram from actor James Van Der Beek\u2019s family. Van Der Beek, known for the coming-of-age drama \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek,\u201d died this week at age 48. (Wednesday, The Associated Press<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result of our efforts here, Minnesota is now less of a sanctuary state for criminals.\u201d \u2014 Tom Homan, the White House border czar announcing the end of immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey left us with deep damage, generational trauma. \u2026 They left us with economic ruin in some cases.\u201d \u2014 Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, reacting to Homan\u2019s announcement. (Thursday, The New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cTake the vaccine, please. We have a solution for our problem. Not all illnesses are equally dangerous, and not all people are equally susceptible to those illnesses. But measles is one you should get your vaccine [for].\u201d \u2014 Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (Feb. 8, CNN<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an escape. It was a mythical place that ends up well, and that\u2019s what I needed \u2014 to live in a myth that ends well.\u201d \u2014 Phyllis Glazer, 77, a Dallas woman who built a Hobbit home in Preston Hollow. (Tuesday, The Dallas Morning News)<\/p>\n

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