"My past is no secret to anyone. I'm a blackguard and a sinner, and everyone knows it. These days, that's almost an asset to being a politician."

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Source : Jennifer Ashley (2012). “The Duke's Perfect Wife”, p.19, Penguin

Jennifer Ashley

#Past Quotes #Secret Quotes #Politician Quotes

“There is one aspect of happiness that's been well studied, and it's the notion of flow. Ask yourselves, when for you does time stop? When are you truly at home, wanting to be no place else?”
“Poetry is the most intimate of all writing. I want to speak first from me to myself and then from me to you.”
“owning capital is not a productive activity.”
“It's not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely.”
“Slowly, my brain let me in on the fact that I had just come this close to dying.”

Source : "Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas". Book by Abby Sunderland and Lynn Vincent, 2011.
“Do I play tennis? Man, I had one of the baddest overhead rights of anyone. Bam!”
“I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.”
“I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.”

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