"As the nation watches, Democrats and Republicans should reflect the interspersed character of America itself. Perhaps, by sitting with each other for one night, we will begin to rekindle that common spark that brought us here from 50 different states and widely diverging backgrounds to serve the public good."

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Source : "CNN Newsroom" with Ali Velshi, www.cnn.com. January 13, 2011.

Mark Udall

#Character Quotes #Night Quotes #America Quotes

“The majority of mankind would seem to be beguiled into error by pleasure, which, not being really a good, yet seems to be so. So that they indiscriminately choose as good whatsoever gives them pleasure, while they avoid all pain alike as evil.”
“I don't much like looking back.”
“I kind of have an interest in all history. And I suspect it comes from being Irish - we like stories, we like telling stories, which makes a lot of us lean towards being writers or actors or directors.”

Source : "Q&A – Colm Meaney (Thomas Durant)". Interview with Brian Fegter, www.amc.com.
“She thought of the orchids spreading across the plains below, choking the life out of other plants, out of the soil itself, selfish and unstoppable. Tally Youngblood was a weed. And, unlike the orchids, she wasn't even a pretty one.”
“Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we know judge wisely?”

Source : E. C. Bentley (2015). “The Woman in Black”, p.6, Simon and Schuster
“I practice stoic philosophy. As a human being, you may have emotions, but these don't need to affect your soul. The two are not one.”
“I know that some great actors can transform, and that's fine. But I come from the school of thought that people put a version of themselves in their films.”

Source : "Interview: Dito Montiel Talks Boulevard (Exclusive)". Interview with Karen Benardello, www.shockya.com. July 10, 2015.
“You don't swing at any pitch. You swing at the ones you can hit.”

Source : Barry Lyga (2007). “Boy Toy”, p.370, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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