"This has always been the way of presidential politics. The president rises above the fray while his surrogates go on the attack. They throw the spears and fling the mud; he sits upon the throne."

-- John Podhoretz

#Presidential Quotes #Way Quotes #Mud Quotes

“Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.”
“The situation was, the team I was on when I got injured went down to the lower leagues. In America, they don't have that relegation, so when the team went down to the lower region, every player has his value, and they went off and sold any player who had value.”

Source : Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. March 27, 2006.
“One way the Tea Party has benefited female candidates - and the conservative movement generally - is by consciously steering clear of social issues.”
“In the history of each sport, the heroes who win the Olympic gold medal are the ones we remember. Nobody remembers the World Champion 25 years ago, but everyone remembers who the Olympic Champions were, even 100 years ago.”
“We don't really have a movie industry; we have a trailer industry. The movie guys make five minutes worth of stuff to get people in the theatre, and eighty-five minutes of filler.”
“At first a golfer excuses a dismal performance by claiming bad lies. With experience, he covers up with better ones.”
“My parents taught my sister and me the importance of giving back and making a difference in another person's life.”
“I never did know exactly what was meant by the term "The Beats," but let's say that the original meeting, association, comradeship of Allen Ginsberg, myself, Michael McClure, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Philip Whalen, who's not here, Lew Welch, who's dead, Gregory Corso, for me, to a somewhat lesser extent (I never knew Gregory as well as the others) did embody a criticism and a vision which we shared in various ways, and then went our own ways for many years.”

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