"With Barack Obama as president and the super-happening Michelle Obama as First Lady, you would think a new tone, a new tune, a kicky new jazzitude, would have entered Washington discourse, but it remains a landlocked island unto itself, held captive by its tribal fevers."

-- James Wolcott

#Thinking Quotes #Islands Quotes #President Quotes

“I respect marriage, and I think it's beautiful that people do it. But for me, more important than anything is having a peaceful life and a peaceful home.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I don't think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech”
“At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.”
“Men rattle their chains-to manifest their freedom.”
“...smile first, then speak.”

Source : George Saunders (2007). “The Braindead Megaphone”, p.213, Penguin
“The Gospel does not abrogate God's law, but it makes men love it with all of their hearts.”
“Intuition is reason in a hurry.”
“I suffer from life and from other people. I canâ€™t look at reality face to face. Even the sun discourages and depresses me. Only at night and all alone, withdrawn, forgotten and lost, with no connection to anything real or useful â€” only then do I find myself and feel comforted.”

Source : Fernando Pessoa (2002). “The Book of Disquiet”, p.390, Penguin UK

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