"Politics is not a world for the squeamish or fainthearted."

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Source : "Maurice Saatchi on his 'brutal simplicity of thought'" by Steve Armstrong, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2010.

Maurice Saatchi

“Formulate a specific game plan... the specific steps in making your intention come to life.”
“We need to simplify our tax code. We need to make sure that it's not too cumbersome for people to be able to comply with. And that they don't end up spending more money trying to file their taxes than they do actually paying in.”

Source : "Rep. Kristi Noem: Head of the Class" by Emily Miller, humanevents.com. February 14, 2011.
“It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.”

Source : E. Nesbit (2013). “Delphi Complete Novels of E. Nesbit”, p.503, Delphi Classics
“I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other.”
“Get your popcorn ready, 'cause I'm gonna put on a show.”
“Creativity doesnâ€™t come from glancing quickly at your Twitter feed while in line at Starbucks. It comes from deep thought. It comes from voraciously reading booksâ€”long books that require focused attention. It comes from meaningful discourse with other intellectually curious people. It comes from listening and asking good questions.”
“When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.”
“What will break me into a million pieces so that I am beyond repair, beyond usefulness?”

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