"In 1995 the whole political situation was very complicated. I was the first deputy prime minister, and at the same time I had very low influence in the government."

-- Anatoly Chubais

#Government Quotes #Political Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I pretty much ignored politics all through my 20â€²s and 30â€²s... I had other things on my mind... the band, finding a meaningful relationship, getting enough money to eat and pay the rent.”
“I'm finding that people reading the book [ The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star] are saying, "You came from one background, I came from this background - you were a rock star, I was a CEO. I didn't have a heroin/coke problem, but I had a pill problem. But I also fell from grace, didn't know how to get recovery, and I am now in recovery." People tell me that their kids read it and told them they'll never do drugs - "This book really shows me where it goes."”
“I've not given up hope the belly-putter will be banned. The R and A and the USGA are looking at it right now.”

Source : "Leader Immelman comes under fire", www.cnn.com. May 20, 2004.
“The fight for sanity in our gun safety laws is not by any means over. In many ways it's just beginning.”
“I had no album title, and the album is like a journey in that it's a complete body of work. It's not just a couple of catchy songs and filler, so I felt that I needed to capture the essence of the album”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Hope is much more than a mood. It involves a commitment to action.... What we hope for should be what we are prepared to work for...as far as that power lies in us.”
“Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye.”
“The power generated of ten minds for good is superior to that of ten thousand minds acting on a lower motive. But it is a silent power. It moves in mysterious ways. It is noiseless. It makes no show of open opposition. It uses no methods of effort through tongue or arm or physical force.”

Source : Prentice Mulford (2012). “Your Forces And How To Use Them (Complete Annotated Edition)”, p.203, Jazzybee Verlag

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