"It was a good speech, but the reaction was due to the fact that politics are madness, and even if one does not know it, a country in electoral season experiences flares of lunacy like the great storms that sometimes march across the golden surface of the sun."

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Source : Mark Helprin (2005). “Freddy and Fredericka”, p.313, Penguin

Mark Helprin

#Country Quotes #Storm Quotes #Speech Quotes

“Advertising and art are getting all mixed up. I think some of the most exciting pieces of TV are the commercials.”
“You always fed strays and bent down to talk to the dogs you met on the street, looking straight into their eyes as if they were old friends. (Maybe they are, you said. From another life.) You liked to go to the pound and look at them. You tried to send them messages of comfort. I couldnâ€™t go because I started crying the one time I tried. All those eyes and the barks like sobs.”

Source : Francesca Lia Block (2009). “Wasteland”, p.12, Harper Collins
“The Missional church always thinks of the long haul rather than the quick fix”

Source : Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2013). “The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st-Century Church”, p.22, Baker Books
“He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief.”
“Bill Ayers is an unrepentant terrorist.”
“Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.”
“My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.”
“I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. The horse is out of the barn. In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.”

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