"All the other candidates are making speeches about how much they have done for their country, which is ridiculous. I haven't done anything yet, and I think it's just common sense to send me to Washington and make me do my share."

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Source : "How to Become President". Book by Gracie Allen, 1940.

Gracie Allen

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Justice Quotes

“The Irishman in English literature may be said to have been born with an apology in his mouth.”
“Man, like the generous vine, supported lives; the strength he gains is from the embrace he gives.”
“I have a garden, and I'm passionately interested in young people.”
“Be intense, passionate, and fired up, but about things that matter, things that change your life and your legacy.”
“I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason.”
“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong.”
“He was beside me then, his arms wrapped around me, holding me tightly. "I'm not crazy," I whispered. "I know." Believe it or not, that's the most romantic thing Zachary Goode ever told me. And I kind of loved him for it.”
“The last time I went back to a girl's house for an impromptu house party I spent most of the night straightening out rugs, putting down coasters and alphabetising DVDs while all around me people got off with whoever was closest and gradually headed off to various rooms to make more mess, no doubt.”

Source : Jon Richardson (2011). “It’s Not Me, It’s You!: Impossible perfectionist, 27, seeks very very very tidy woman”, p.21, HarperCollins UK

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