"I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even when they say they would like to, I think once they get there they don't give it up."

-- Rachel Maddow

#Giving Up Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Every fairy tale had a bloody lining. Every one had teeth and claws.”
“memory is both the curse of grief and the eventual talisman against it; what at first seems unbearable becomes the succor that can outlast pain.”
“She'd always believed that people come in two varieties: those who look out the windshield and those who stare in the rearview mirror. She'd(Julie) always been the windshield type: gotta focus on the future, not the past, because that's the only part that's still up for grabs. Mom throws me out? Gotta get some food and find a place to live. Husband dies? Gotta keep working, or I'll end up going crazy. Got some guy stalking me? Gotta figure out a way to stop it.”
“As long as you think the problem is out there, that very thought is the problem”
“Itâ€™s easy to see why politicians would be drawn to the populist pose. First, it makes everything so simple. The economic crisis was caused by a complex web of factors, including global imbalances caused by the rise of China. But with the populist narrative, you can just blame Goldman Sachs.”
“I was 16 years old, driving to LA, and sleeping in my car, just trying to make it happen.”
“I'm working class, my family was working class, and we have struggled the same way our neighbors here in San Francisco have struggled.”
“I think genius can have a lot to do with nerve. And permission.”

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