"I think it's healthy to say that the American people now have direct access and that we have sufficient confidence as people in our own ability to judge, to make intelligent decisions."

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Source : "David Gergen and Mark Shields on Bill Clinton's 100 Days". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. April 29, 1993.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson

#Intelligent Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Loyalty is dead, the experts proclaim, and the statistics seem to bear them out. On average, U.S. corporations now lose half their customers in five years, half their employees in four, and half their investors in less than one. We seem to face a future in which the only business relationships will be opportunistic transactions between virtual strangers.”
“I think that, honestly, people's censorship issues are personal but I disagree with most of those personal choices that I see others make. I watch television and there's a grotesque amount of violence on almost every show. And I think my dirty brand of humor is far less destructive to a child's mentality.”
“When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.”
“Lisa Lampanelli lost 100 pounds, but that's because she was poached for ivory.”
“This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long”

Source : "Fictional character: Laura Jesson". "Brief Encounter", www.imdb.com. 1945.
“Could he actually be my muirn beatha dan?”
“When you're gripped by anxiety, worry, insomnia, or panic, make yourself shiver, quiver, tremble, and shudder. It seems silly, but it really works.”
“The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.”

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