"I have observed in my 30 years in Washington that when a President initiates a major policy speech on a controversial issue while Congress is in recess, it usually is because what he is advocating is indefensible and that he is seeking to minimize criticism."

-- Dana Rohrabacher

#Years Quotes #Issues Quotes #Criticism Quotes

“No, Paul, I couldn't care less if you tell me made-up stories. Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.' (Said to Paul by Elizabeth Costello, the interloping novelist-angel-inner voice).”

Source : J. M. Coetzee (2005). “Slow Man”, Viking Press
“Robin Hood is often seen as the hands-on-hips, archetypal, tally-ho hero. But, realistically, the one calling the shots wouldn't be at the front shouting about it. He'd be the one you don't expect.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There is a radical dualism between the empirical nature of man and its moral nature.”

Source : "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 59), 1937.
“In the midst of global crises such as pollution, wars and famine, kindness may be too easily dismissed as a 'soft' issue, or a luxury to be addressed after the urgent problems are solved. But kindness is the greatest need in all those areas - kindness toward the environment, toward other nations, toward the needs of people who are suffering. Until we reflect basic kindness in everything we do, our political gestures will be fleeting and fragile.”
“You're not traveling if you already know everything.”

Source : Erica Bauermeister (2011). “Joy For Beginners”, p.68, Penguin
“If listeners aren't carried away to Heaven, I'm failing.”
“I'm never saying never - I'm saying I'm not about to.”
“Our planet is a tiny atom in god's kingdom.”

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