"I'm too fiscally conservative for the Democrats and too socially liberal for the Republicans, like 75% of the American people."

-- Angus King

#People Quotes #Conservative Quotes #Republican Quotes

“Now death is death! and yet is not one death Another death? Stabbing is not the same As shooting! Would you say a strangled man Was drown'd? The end is one, the means are many, And there the difference lies!”
“What you create doesnâ€™t have to be perfect. So what if the eggs are greasy or the toast is burned? Donâ€™t let fear of failure discourage you.”
“I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.”
“The choice I mean is to protect our own innocents from the seraphim, instead of slaughtering theirs." "There are no innocent seraphim, said the wolf." "That's what they say when they kill our children.”
“To shut your mind, heart, imagination to the sufferings of others is to begin slowly but inexorably to die. It is to cease by inches from being human, to become in the end capable of nothing, generous or unselfish; or sometimes capable of anything, however terrible.”
“When you recognize good writing and you're lucky enough to get it, like with Lost, that's what I follow.”
“Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hearted about their purpose, or only sporadic in focus or enthusiasm.”

Source : "The Winning Mind: What it takes to become a true champion". Book by Sebastian Coe, January 3, 2010.
“I mean, if you're proud of what you've done when you've served in the military, well then we call that bragging. And if you are unhappy about what happened, we call that complaining. And so what are you going to do?”

Source : "'Matterhorn' Author On What It's Like 'To Go To War'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. August 30, 2011.

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