"There aren't many idealists in politics."

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Source : Evelyn Anthony (2015). “The Avenue of the Dead”, p.53, Open Road Media

Evelyn Anthony

#Politics Quotes #Idealist Quotes

“Teachers make a difference, and we would serve our students better by focusing on attracting and retaining the quality teachers by raising teacher pay.”
“I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself”
“Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.”

Source : Mary McCarthy (1964). “The Humanist in the Bathtub”
“If you know someone with a talent and a dream, support them just the way you would want to be supported”
“Some people find the experience and practice of compassion as a spiritual discipline to be a more direct route to the transformation of the heart than prayer. It is not that prayer does not or should not play a role in their lives, but their way to the opening of the heart lies through deeds of compassion. "Just do it" summarizes this path of transformation.”
“I'm proud of 'Miracle at St. Anna' and I loved it; there's no question in my mind it's as good as any movie that came out in 2007.”
“Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture.”
“Hope on. Journey on. Honestly acknowledge your questions and your concerns, but first and forever fan the flame of your faith, because all things are possible to them that believe.”

Source : "“Lord, I Believe”". Jeffrey R. Holland's address at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April 2013.

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