“It's a cliche that the Senate is broken, and like most cliches, it's true.”
Source : "Transcript: George Packer on ‘The Empty Chamber’". Interview with Tom Casciato, www.pbs.org. October 29, 2010. 
“The closer you come to your core, the greater is your joy.”
“Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin'd, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind.”
Source : Phillis Wheatley (2001). “Complete Writings”, p.115, Penguin
“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.”
“Before you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren't..”
Source : "The Heidi chronicles and other plays". Book by Wendy Wasserstein, November 18, 1988.
