"That's because of everything the public interest and the media interest is focused on: What did Donald Trump know and when did he know it? Whether there was cooperation with the Russians. I don't mean to say that's a distraction or we shouldn't follow it up. But the underlying story of the Russians trying to subvert our democracy, both through propaganda, planted stories, manipulation of social media and through direct efforts to infiltrate our state election system, is really an enormously significant event. And it's not over."

Source : "This Voice of Reason Rises From the Swamp". Interview With Albert R. Hunt, www.bloomberg.com. June 18, 2017.

Angus King

#Mean Quotes #Effort Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“Being scared isn't the problem. It's not running away that's the hard part.”

Source : John Connolly (2005). “Nocturnes”, p.328, Simon and Schuster
“I think of L.A. as truly the melting pot. It's basically a mini-country unto itself.”

Source : "Patrick Soon-Shiong on Giving and Getting by in Los Angeles". Interview with Gabriel Kahn, www.lamag.com. April 18, 2013.
“In the industry, I got a lot of attention for Mad Men, because everyone in the industry watches it.”
“How many times have I told you, don't get caught by the bad guys!”
“How is it possible to suspend topaz in one cup of the balance and weigh it against amethyst in the other; or who in a single language can compare the tranquillizing grace of a maiden with the invigorating pleasure of witnessing a well-contested rat-fight?”

Source : Ernest Bramah (2016). “ERNEST BRAMAH Ultimate Collection: 20+ Novels & Short Stories (Including Max Carrados Mysteries and Kai Lung Fantasy Stories): The Secret of the League, The Coin of Dionysius, The Game Played In the Dark, The Tilling Shaw Mystery, Kai Lung's Golden Hours, The Confession of Kai Lung, The Mirror of Kong Ho and many more”, p.527, e-artnow
“I drive out to this quail farm, where I get a lot of these incredible quail eggs, which I eat all day long. And I eat a lot of superfoods like goji, cacao and chia seeds, things like that. And I like unpasteurised milk of the goat and the sheep. They send it once a week from Pennsylvania, from the Amish farms, and I get it in Los Angeles.”
“Run away from laziness; work hard. Touch intuition and listen to the heart, not marketing directors. Dream.”
“There is a universal intelligence that we call God or Soul or Spirit or Consciousness, and it is everywhere and in all things.”

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