"Some of us are like a shovel brigade that follow a parade down Main Street cleaning up."

Source : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran, Donald T. Regan, Caspar W. Weinberger, United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition (1988). “Iran-Contra investigation: joint hearings before the House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran and the Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition, One Hundredth Congress, first session, 100-10, July 30, 31, and August 3, 1987 : testimony of Donald T. Regan and Caspar W. Weinberger”

Donald T. Regan

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“I've been told I'm a player, but people still don't always return my calls.”
“The polemics of right-wing radio are putting nothing less than hate onto the airwaves, into the marketplace, electing it to office, teaching it in schools, and exalting it as freedom.”

Source : Patricia J. Williams (1995). “The Rooster's Egg”, p.51, Harvard University Press
“I am often late for planes. The airlines know me now, they call at home and ask, 'How much later will you be today?”
“Shun to seek what is hid in the womb of the morrow, and set down as gain in life's ledger whatever time fate shall have granted thee.”
“Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to play on his weakness.”

Source : Frederick the Great, Thomas R. Phillips (2012). “Instructions for His Generals”, p.67, Courier Corporation
“Real breakthroughs are not found because you want to develop some new technology, but because you are curious and want to find out how the world is.”
“At Reliance Foundation schools, we lay special emphasis on value-based education, sports, and overall development of students. That is why the teacher-students ratio is kept at a healthy 1:20 so that all children get proper attention in class.”
“The cuisine, it is all about putting generosity before rigour and pleasure before lucidity.”

"Some of us are like a shovel brigade that follow a parade down Main Street cleaning up."

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