"I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular."

-- Tony Blair

#Journey Quotes #Government Quotes #Leaving Quotes

“You're supposed to look a certain way when you're a celebrity, but I want to take care of my baby, and those two things don't mesh very well.”
“There are many tired gardeners but I've seldom met old gardeners. I know many elderly gardeners but the majority are young at heart. Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized. The one absolute of gardeners is faith. Regardless of how bad past gardens have been, every gardener believes that next year's will be better. It is easy to age when there is nothing to believe in, nothing to hope for, gardeners, however, simply refuse to grow up.”
“Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous.”
“He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts.”
“Confession has been my habitual homecoming since I was a child. It is a consolation and a joy, and such joy, our faith teaches us, is meant for everyone. It is our vocation to bring it to as many people as possible.”

Source : "CBB Interview with Cardinal Donald Wuerl". Interview with Pete Socks, www.patheos.com. April 13, 2014.
“Itâ€™s a great feeling to be wanted but itâ€™s more exciting to be inaccessible.”
“Happiness hates the timid. So does science.”
“I tried to get a baseball movie made a couple of years ago and I don't think it didn't happen because I was a woman, but because sports movie don't sell internationally.”

Source : "Interview with Callie Khouri, Director of Mad Money". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2008.

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