"This is my fourth term and my seventh year. My first year was in 1997, the same year for Vic Snyder. It is still exciting to be there even though Washington is not run by Democrats right now, but we are working very hard."

-- Loretta Sanchez

#Running Quotes #Years Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.”
“Pity is the feeling of well-intentioned people who are unable to act.”

Source : Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1996). “This Earth of Mankind”, Penguin Books
“We're going to do it. We're going to get to the World Cup.”
“I always think I don't do the first one good, so I try to do it more.”
“Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.”
“In real life during the last decade of the twentieth century, Rumpelstiltskin would probably get the queen's daughter. He would no doubt addict her to heroin, turn her out as a prostitute, confiscate her earnings, beat her for pleasure, hack her to pieces, and escape justice by claiming that society's intolerance for bad-tempered, evil-minded trolls had driven him temporarily insane.”
“My mom had Julia Child and 'The Fannie Farmer Cookbook' on top of the refrigerator, and she had a small repertoire of French dishes.”
“If you're not prepared to do something in public, don't do it at all.”

Source : Karen Traviss (2008). “Bloodlines: Star Wars Legends (Legacy of the Force)”, p.152, Del Rey

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