"Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, I think one of the mistakes we made early on was kind of having an ideological dispute up in the Congress."

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Source : "Exit Interview: Bruce Babbitt". Interview with Gwen Ifill, www.pbs.org. January 5, 2001.

Bruce Babbitt

#Mistake Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Land Quotes

“In some ways, the challenge of staying political is to stay a dreamer at the same time.”

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“Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.”
“The love, support, and respect the members of the theater community have for one another is unparalleled. Say what you want about us wacky drama-types, but one thing that makes our business special is our loyalty, our fierce commitment to one another, and our mutual respect.”

Source : "Making 'A Better Holiday'" by Monica Raymund, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 1, 2011.
“The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast.”
“A smile costs nothing, but creates much, It happens in a flash, but the memory of it lasts forever, It cannot be bought, begged, borrowed nor stolen, but it is Something that is no earthly good to anyone until it is given away. So if in your hurry and rush You meet someone, who is too weary to give you a smile, Leave one of yours, For no one needs a smile quite as much as the one who has "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.”
“I've got two girls. I like to play golf. Apart from that there's not a lot goes on in my life. So I am boring, aren't I?”
“We need to value the importance of simplicity, focus and living according to our values.”
“Wealth and power donâ€™t go together. Power cannot be brokered. To me, power is responsibility.”

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