"The Clinton paradox: How could a president so intelligent, so compassionate, so public-spirited and so conscious of his place in history act in such a stupid, selfish and self-destructive manner?"

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Source : George Stephanopoulos (1999). “All Too Human: A Political Education”

George Stephanopoulos

#Selfish Quotes #Stupid Quotes #Intelligent Quotes

“What I like most: Reading well-written sources that take me to another world for hours at a time - and being able to call that work! Also, of course, finding a gem of information that is either exactly what I was looking for, or else fits perfectly into the story in some way.”
“Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.”
“I love live performance, but I am excited to try my hand at whatever comes my way.”

Source : "Cloverfield – Interview with Michael Stahl-David". Tribute Interview, www.tribute.ca. January 1, 2008.
“Without mountains the air could not be purified, nor the flowing of the rivers sustained.”
“Music has always been in me.”
“I thought I could have leaped from earth to heaven at one spring when I first saw my sins drowned in the Redeemer's blood.”
“Once upon a time when there was no time.”
“One of the commonest mistakes and one of the costliest is thinking that success is due to some genius, some magic - something or other which we do not possess. Success is generally due to holding on, and failure to letting go. You decide to learn a language, study music, take a course of reading, train yourself physically. Will it be success or failure? It depends upon how much pluck and perseverance that word decide contains. The decision that nothing can overrule, the grip that nothing can detach will bring success.”

Source : Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1901). “Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock”

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