"In poltitics you get what you deserve rather than what you want."

-- Cecil Parkinson

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“The absence of a monument can, in its own way, be something of a monument also.”

Source : Roger Zelazny (2016). “This Immortal”, p.78, ibooks
“People have assumed that I have to run the ball before I can throw it most all of my career, all the way back before high school. It's a stereotype put on me for a long time because I'm African-American and I'm a dual-threat quarterback. I don't know why that stereotype is still around. It's about talent and the ability to throw the ball, not the color of your skin or your ability to also be a dangerous runner.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“My town hall meetings are with friends and neighbors, fellow Americans. We engage.”

Source : "Let Me Apologize to You". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. August 14, 2009.
“You cannot afford a world with slavery, which literally takes someone and turns them into a machine.”

Source : "Andrew Forrest: ‘The Issue With Slavery Is That It Is Everywhere’". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 22, 2014.
“I really wanted to work with Luc Besson. I'm a big fan of his. Did you ever see 'The Professional.' It was very violent. But a fabulous story, a fabulous movie, very well done. So that and two or three other projects of his that I've seen, I just thought if I had a shot to work with him I wanted to do it.”
“All things that speak of heaven speak of peace.”
“Writers are completely out of touch with reality. Writers are crazy [people]. We create conflict - for a living. We do this all the time, sometimes on a weekly basis, we create horrible, incredible circumstances and then figure a way out of them. That's what we do.”
“I'm not to be confused with Natasha Henstridge in 'Species,' where I just emerge out of the weird alien womb looking amazing. I really rely heavily on my black outfits and my gold chains to give me sort of a thing.”

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