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Kevin Madden

"Obama microtargeted his way to re-election by pitting Americans against each other in many instances. In order to confront the challenges the nation faces, he's really going to have to put his 2008 rhetoric about bringing people together into practice. Otherwise his legacy will only be that of a great campaigner whose promises fell short of accomplishment."

Source : "WTF Did We Just Do, Romney Advisor Kevin Madden?". Interview with Marin Cogan, www.gq.com. November 9, 2012.

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“The aeroplane. . . is not capable of unlimited magnification. It is not likely that it will ever carry more than five or seven passengers. High speed monoplanes will carry even less. . . . Over cities, the aerial sentry or policeman will be found. A thousand aeroplanes flying to the opera must be kept in line and each allowed to alight upon the roof of the auditorium, in its proper turn.”
“It's mainly a few elite women who benefit greatly from standing with the forces that keep women down.”

Source : "Are women human?" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. April 12, 2006.
“There are so many female directors coming into the industry and a lot of them have important stories they want to tell that seem to fall a little bit more on the indie level.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance.”
“Four years ago, I was thinkingâ€¦ no Olympics, who am I? Probably in â€™04, I was identified with gymnastics. I thought gymnastics was who I am and I have to be an Olympian and I have to make this team. Thatâ€™s probably why I was a little bit devastated when I didnâ€™t make it. You know, I was kinda lost. Now I realize that weâ€™re all magnificent, regardless of what we do or whatever career path we choose, you know, that career doesnâ€™t have to define us as a human being. Thereâ€™s so much more to being human than all of this.”
“I've never seen the point of the sea, except where it meets the land. The shore has a point. The sea has none.”
“Since nostaglia is fueled by inflation, could it be that inflation is the result of a conspiracy by the people who are trying to palm off McGovern buttons and Howdy Doody puppets and their Aunt Thelma's toaster as antiques.”
“At the beginning, I felt sort of reluctant about my music from my past. But in the last couple of years, I felt good about what I did in the past. The way I see my work, time passes from the time I performed or recorded a work. When I look at it now, 25 years or 30 years ago, if I see that it has value today, I will agree to release it.”

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