"I have gone wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any of them."

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Source : James Buchanan, James Buchanan Henry (1909). “The Works of James Buchanan: Comprising His Speeches, State Papers, and Private Correspondence”

James Buchanan

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“In how many lives does love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of the grand passion than of a grand opera.”
“I can be horrifically single-minded.”
“There are the horror fans that love the Evil Dead because of the humor, but I’m sure it’s not all of them. Not all horror fans love Evil Dead because of the humor, at least not me.”

Source : "Director Fede Alvarez Talks Remaking a Classic, Using Gallons of Blood, References to the Original, Sam Raimi’s Involvement, & More On the Set of EVIL DEAD". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. January 7, 2013.
“(A)nything not acting as a propaganda arm for the Democrats or the Leftist agenda is considered conservative these days.”
“The way I look at - speaking as a woman - I understand what it means to be a daughter, and to be a wife, and to be a mother, and also to be a career woman. The multiple roles that women can play in a society if given the opportunity is really a tremendous asset.”

Source : "Birth of a Surgeon". "Wide Angel" with Aaron Brown, www.pbs.org. July 15, 2008.
“We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men ... We proclaim ourselves, as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom, wherever it continues to exist in the world, but we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.”

Source : Edward R. Murrow (1967). “In Search of Light: The Broadcasts of Edward R. Murrow, 1938-1961”
“Sometimes you have to choose between a bunch of wrong choices and no right ones. You just have to choose which wrong choices feels the least wrong.”
“I should coldly, clinically think of myself and stop worrying about other people, as though I'm a necessary woman, indispensable to their happiness and well-being. Self-preservation is the first law. I must start trying to obey the law.”

Source : Helen Van Slyke (1988). “Helen Van Slyke, three complete novels”, Random House Value Pub

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