"He [John F. Kennedy] might have envisioned himself being "alone, at the top" but, like Woodrow Wilson, he would find out that not even a President moves free of human entanglement, human needs, human illusions; not even a President can be independent of those around him."

-- Tom Wicker

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“While I would agree that I write about serious subjects, and that they're not necessarily the most pleasant subjects or even the most pleasant people, as a writer I just think about the humorous aspects of these things - that's what keeps me going when I'm writing a story.”
“One magician demanded I show him an image of the love of his life. I rustled up a mirror.”

Source : "The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus trilogy, Book 1)". Book by Jonathan Stroud, September 30, 2003.
“The word of God is our only standard, and the Holy Spirit our only teacher.”
“All my life I had lived on the presumption that there was no existence beyond... flesh, the moment of being alive... then nothing. I had searched in superstition... But there was nothing. Then I heard the sound of my own life leaving me. It was so... tender. I regretted that I had paid it no attention. Then I believed in the wisdom of what other men had found before me... I saw that those simple things might be true... I never wanted to believe in them because it was better to fight my own battle. You can believe in something without compromising the burden of your own existence.”
“I honestly think I am a better player than I was four years ago, when I was No. 1 in the world.”
“Pennsylvania is a very tough state; people don't last long in Pennsylvania politics.”
“With each victory of the light, it is the dark that wins.”
“Once in your life, try something. Work hard at something. Try to change. Nothing bad can happen.”

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