"Elizabeth Warren is, I think, a great demonstration of the kind of movement-oriented model-wielding power from within the Senate. Over and over, she's rallied tons of people to battles that they don't normally get involved in."

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Source : "What Should Bernie Sanders Do Next?". Interview with Josh Harkinson, www.motherjones.com. June 11, 2016.

Ben Wikler

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Battle Quotes

“With both Caddyshack and Vacation, it's not like the subjects were serious enough that they engaged my interest for another round. I love the characters, and the actors were great, but I didn't see the need to make another Vacation movie.”
“Those who try to achieve success without hard work ultimately deceive themselves-or worse-deceive others.”
“Putting our heads in the sand is not a wise strategy.”
“In recent weeks, I have heard former Associated Press reporter Ron Fournier on Fox News twice asserting, quite offhandedly, that President George W. Bush 'lied us into war in Iraq.'”

Source : "The Dangerous Lie That 'Bush Lied'" by Laurence Silberman, www.realclearpolitics.com. February 9, 2015.
“I don't really understand what the public perception of me is. I think public perception and reality are two wholly different things.”
“He knew by heart every last minute crack on its surface. He had made maps of the ceiling and gone exploring on them; rivers, islands, and continents. He had made guessing games of it and discovered hidden objects; faces, birds, and fishes. He made mathematical calculations of it and rediscovered his childhood; theorems, angles, and triangles. There was practically nothing else he could do but look at it. He hated the sight of it.”
“Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built”
“Swedes are a really humble and shy people in many ways, but I think it's pretty much the same as in the U.S. Little girls want to take photographs with me at lunch.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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