"Obama's the most thoughtful-sounding president I can remember. He seems to be saying what he wants to say, and that is a great relief. He always sounds like he's thinking about what he's saying while he's saying it, and that's a rare thing in politicians."

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Source : "MoJo Podcast: Roy Blount Jr.’s Southern Fried Language". Interview with Laura Mcclure, www.motherjones.com. April 30, 2009.

Roy Blount, Jr.

#Thoughtful Quotes #Thinking Quotes #President Quotes

“Later in the fifties I got involved in kinetic studies using my long forgotten math background.”
“Impressionism; it is the birth of Light in painting.”
“We write to expose the unexposed. If there is one door in the castle you have been told not to go through, you must. The writer's job is to turn the unspeakable into words - not just into any words, but if we can, into rhythm and blues.”
“Much of my time is taken up by reading, researching and trying out ideas.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it's the warrior who wields it.”

Source : Brian Jacques (1986). “Redwall”, Ace Books
“From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.”
“My father is a gypsy. He traveled in caravans and was branded by the Ku Klux Klan. You know I have a history about race in my family that has very much to do with the other things that you name about poverty, about class, about access - or lack of it.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“Reagan took an approach to the Cold War dramatically different from any other US President. To wit, he thought we should win. This was a fresh concept. At the time, it was widely ridiculed as a dangerous alteration of US policy. Only after it worked was Reagan's dangerous foreign policy recast as merely a continuation of the policies of his predecessors.”

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