"I think making a pretense of civility toward Eric Alterman is like making a pretense of civility to a scorpion."

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John Podhoretz

#Thinking Quotes #Scorpions Quotes #Eric Quotes

“Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces.”

Source : Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Adams (2016). “Great American Lives: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, and The Education of Henry Adams”, p.1701, Open Road Media
“Since we parted yester eve, I do love thee, love, believe, Twelve times dearer, twelve hours longer,- One dream deeper, one night stronger, One sun surer,-thus much more Than I loved thee, love, before.”
“Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength.”
“From the first time I held an iPhone, the space has evolved quickly, and people have shifted from reading content on their desktops to smartphones and iPads, even long-form stuff.”
“For me, the music is spiritual and I think comes to life when we perform it in concert.”
“Now close the windows and hush all the fields: If the trees must, let them silently toss....”
“If we have people with the power to tell a story, there will always be readers.”
“Nearly all of our existing power sources are generators which use a heat cycle. This includes our coal, oil, and gas fired utilities, our automobiles, trucks, and trains, and even our nuclear fission utility power plants.”

Source : Wilson Greatbatch (2000). “The Making of the Pacemaker: Celebrating a Lifesaving Invention”

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