"Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way. I believe that you have to stand up."

-- Ed Koch

#Believe Quotes #Way Quotes #Grass Quotes

“...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier â€“ a good soldier â€¦ [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability.”
“We unified, we looked past and we're impervious to the constant criticism of naysayer.”
“If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.”
“I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset.”
“Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity, Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart, and a fruit upon the tree of humility.”
“They look right. And you move left.”
“This won't stop her from getting elected," Shane said. "Stupider people get elected all the time. It's America. We love the sleazy. And the crazy." "I would like to think better of us," Claire said, "but yeah. You're right.”
“I realize that acting is my job, and I have a life outside of my career to help keep me grounded. It is great to have a job you love!”

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