"I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is."

-- Pat Roberts

#War Quotes #Hands Quotes #Realizing Quotes

“Depression taught me the importance of compassion and hard work, and that you can overcome enormous obstacles.”

Source : "Rob Delaney: 'Twitter has rocketed me to a whole new level of standup'" by Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2013.
“Why don't the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided.”
“For the true student, everything that happens in daily life is a test.”
“Tell me, if you thought a man had a tendresse for you, but he wasn't doing anything about it. And you wanted to hurry him up a little so you made a move, an unmistakable move; one that nobody could pretend had been a misunderstanding. And he - he ignored it - ignored you. What would you feel?”

Source : Ahdaf Soueif (2012). “I Think of You”, p.124, Bloomsbury Publishing
“It's better to get lost in the passion than to lose the passion”
“When on life's journey it becomes our lot to travel with criticism of skeptics, the hate of some, the rejection of others, the impatience of many, or a friend's betrayal, we must be able to pray in such a manner that an abiding faith and a strong testimony that the Lord will be with us to the end, will compel us to say, "Nevertheless, Father, Thy will be done, and with Thy help, in patience I will follow firmly on the path that takes me back to Thee."”
“I love going to art galleries. The Tate Modern is one of my favourite things to do. But I don't invest in the history of it and I don't read up on it. I am a guy who would buy a print rather than buy an original.”
“It is purposeless to tell Negroes they should not be enraged when they should be. Indeed, they will be mentally healthier if they do not suppress rage, but vent it constructively and use its energy peacefully but forcefully to cripple the operations of an oppressive society. Civil disobedience can utilize the militance wasted in riots to seize clothes or groceries many do not even want.”

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