"Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel."

-- Henry David Thoreau

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“Once in a while you have to bite the hand that reads you.”
“I never ride horseback now because my sympathy with the under-dog is too keen. After we have a gone a few blocks, I always dismount and say to the horse: 'We'll walk it together, old dear.”
“I put a lot of pressure on myself, more than anyone else.”
“I always thought Ray Bourque was a great competitor.”
“The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.”

Source : 'From Greenland's icy mountains' (1821 hymn). Heber later altered 'Ceylon's isle' to 'Java's isle'.
“Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.”
“Always be courageous and strong, & don't fear. You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast.”
“This time, instead of moving oceans and healing planets, let's get our bills in order and pay down the debt so we control our own future.”

Source : "Former Dem Artur Davis Addresses GOP Convention: "Let's Take This Country Back", www.realclearpolitics.com. August 28, 2012.

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