"People show surprise that I have interests outside my political career. There is subtle surprise, for example, that I would be interested in a recipe."

-- Lucille Roybal-Allard

#Careers Quotes #People Quotes #Political Quotes

“Courbet comes in 1849 with the intention of overthrowing past art and constructing it anew. While he speaks only of realism, of which he proclaims himself the messiah, his pictures show pre-eminently those qualities which are learned in the museums.”

Source : Jules Breton (1892). “The Life of an Artist: An Autobiography”
“The best clue to what a person thinks is what he says.”

Source : "Breyer'S Big Idea" by Jeffrey Toobin, www.newyorker.com. October 31, 2005.
“I have so many gay friends, and we remain friends.”
“No amount of talents, skills or charisma can sustain us the way integrity, character & attitude does.”
“All things and all people in life have to sink or swim on their own merits, not their reputation; that just as a wise man can say a foolish thing, a fool can say something wise.”
“When I travel, I feel more like a nomad than a tourist.”
“It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship.”
“I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.”

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