"Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable â€” the art of the next best"

-- Otto von Bismarck

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“My will exceeds my talents.”
“Becoming an actor has really helped me as a human being. The joys in my life I feel are more joyful, and the sorrows I feel are a bit sadder, but I find I'm more in tune with my feelings as a human being and others as well.”
“In time they sank and decayed, and nothing is left of them except an occasional impression in stones, in stones now found in deserts and on high mountain peaks. Birdless forests block the sun in uninhabited lands. Insects swirl in the air. And then, in a majestic, bloodthirsty, and mighty heave, the spinal columns of the vertebrates rise as monstrous lizards and fabulous creatures; dragons flinging their fearful bellows up to a steaming sky... Slowly they become birds, birds as light as undreamt dreams. The searing roars become birdsong, whimpering flutes on warm nights.”
“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.”
“The only limits we have are the limits we give ourselves.”
“You're so full of it, darlin'.”
“Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.”

Source : Ouida (2016). “Wisdom, Wit and Pathos of Ouida”, p.408, Ouida
“My father used to say, 'If you want to know the artist, look at the art'. He was usually talking about Stanley Matthews or Don Bradman when he said it.”

Source : FaceBook post by David Peace from Nov 25, 2011

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