"I had an amazing advantage: a grandmother [Polly Noonan, an influential confidante of the mayor of Albany] who loved politics. She taught me not to listen to negative press or people. I grew up knowing politics was rough-and-tumble."

-- Kirsten Gillibrand

#Grandmother Quotes #Knowing Quotes #People Quotes

“We don't pay taxes. The little people pay taxes.”

Source : "Farewell to the woman they called the Queen of Mean: Leona Helmsley dies at 87" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. August 20, 2007.
“I accept refreshment at any hands, however lowly.”
“The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.”

Source : FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Jan 25, 2017
“All that I can tell you is, that I used my humble powers to the uttermost, and raised my voice in behalf of Human Rights in general, and the elevation and Rights of Woman in particular, nearly all my life.”
“There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.”
“His temperament is always there to be questioned because he plays on the edge. That is just the way he plays.It is a cliche but if you took that edge away from Wayne he wouldn't be the same player and I would rather have the Wayne Rooney we have now.”
“I wanted to finally feel better about understanding. I painted my wife because I wanted to understand her. I can talk to her, but I didn't understand why I was so compelled.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Gather all Leaves in the hour of that Planet that governs them.”

Source : Nicholas Culpeper, Parkins (1814). “The English Physician; Enlarged with Three Hundred and Sixty-nine Medicines Made of English Herbs: Not in Any Former Impression of Culpeper's British Herbal ... to which is Added The Family Physician ... and A Present for the Ladies”, p.350

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