"The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win."

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Source : Remark at the Berlin Conference (1954) according to an eyewitness writing in "International Affairs" Vol. 36, (p. 4), 1960.

Leonid Brezhnev

#Winning Quotes #Election Quotes #Trouble Quotes

“O Love! thou bane of the most generous souls! Thou doubtful pleasure, and thou certain pain.”
“They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.”

Source : 'Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College' (1747) l. 38
“The guillotine has to fall somewhere when the team under-produces, and more times than not it's fallen on me.”
“I haven't had sex in two and a half years. A guy I met in San Francisco gave me a sympathy blow job. It didn't really work. I said, "You're just doing this 'cause you feel sorry for me." We stopped in the middle.”

Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com
“Women had no clerical role anywhere in the Western world, period.”
“When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder.”
“I believe with religious intensity that good design is for everyone.”
“Nothing that had happened in the past could be taken away. This was an amazing gift. The past was done and over and settled; you couldn't get it back, but still, whatever good you had gotten from it, spiritually, emotionally, would be yours for your lifetime.”

Source : Nancy Werlin (2011). “Extraordinary”, p.161, Penguin

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