"Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes."

-- Christopher Lasch

#Issues Quotes #Manipulation Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“I have worked out with the Thunder, Lakers, Knicks, Grizzlies, Spurs, and a few others before the draft. I have worked out primarily against shorter and supposedly faster players in these workouts.”
“Jesus will always move away from religious drama and toward the needs of people who are hurting. Jesus will always go out of his way to find and minister to people who others will go out of their way to avoid. I love him for that.”
“Nature knows no political boundaries. She puts living creatures on this globe and watches the free play of forces. She then confers the master's right on her favourite child, the strongest in courage and industry ... The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness. Only the born weakling can view this as cruel.”
“I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play.”
“Easy writing's curst hard reading.”
“No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.”

Source : Polk, James K. (1910). “The diary of James K. Polk during his presidency, 1845 to 1849, now first printed from the original manuscript in the collections of the Chicago historical society; Volume 4”, p.261, Best Books on
“The devil knows the Bible like the back of his hand.”
“A plate is distasteful to a cat, a newspaper still worse; they like to eat sticky pieces of meat sitting on a cushioned chair or a nice Persian rug.”

Source : Margaret Benson (1901). “The soul of a cat: and other stories”

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