"If Ron Dellums running for mayor gives you hope, then let's get on with it."

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Source : "Dellums is behaving exactly as he said he would when campaigning" by John Wildermuth, www.sfgate.com. January 6, 2008.

Ron Dellums

#Running Quotes #Giving Quotes #Mayors Quotes

“I suspect there will never be a requiem for a dream, simply because it will destroy us before we have the opportunity to mourn it's passing.”

Source : FaceBook post by Hubert Selby, Jr. from Apr 13, 2015
“Autumn clouds, vague and obscure; The evening, lonely and chill. I felt the dampness on my garments, But saw no spot, and heard no sound of rain.”
“System administration is where theory meets practice with a vengeance.”
“Wars produce warlike societies, which in turn make the world more dangerous for other societies, which are thus recruited into being war-prone themselves.”
“The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.”
“The word 'creative' refers simply to the use of literary craft in presenting nonfictionâ€”that is, factually accurate prose about real people and eventsâ€”in a compelling, vivid manner. To put it another way, creative nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and, often, more accessible.”
“Here's how I think of my money - as soldiers - I send them out to war everyday. I want them to take prisoners and come home, so there's more of them.”
“You are built to pull a cart, to lift a heavy load and bear it, to haul up the long slope, and so am I, peasant bodies, earthy, solid shapely dark glazed clay pots that can stand on the fire.”

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