"Those who did not live during the years close to 1789 do not know the pleasure of living."

-- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

#Years Quotes #History Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.”

Source : Afterthoughts (1931) "Art and Letters"
“I've split my life between a few different disciplines.”
“We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again.”
“I had a career for 25 years in Australia before I ever came to the United States.”
“When you get immersed in whatever you're writing, the world does suddenly get so filtered through what you're writing. And then of course what you're writing then filters the world right back.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“There are three legs of the stool; spending, entitlements and making the tax code fair and equitable. That's the three legs of the stool. If we do all of those in a responsible, bipartisan way, I think the American people would all be very, very happy.”
“All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own.”

Source : Oscar W. Firkins (1934). “Memoirs and Letters”, p.94, U of Minnesota Press
“If we don't dream of the possible, the possible never happens.”

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