"Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it"

-- Mary Landrieu

#Country Quotes #Real Quotes #Iraq Quotes

“The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the damn system is that it selects for the skills needed to get elected, and nothing else. A test that you can only pass by cheating can't possibly select honest people.”

Source : James P. Hogan (1983). “Code of the Lifemaker”, Del Rey
“I wish you the best that can be hoped for, and no worse than can be expected.”

Source : Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making”, p.18, Macmillan
“True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.”
“I ruptured my plantaris muscle. It runs through the calf and goes down the side of your achilles and stretches right to the heel.”
“My children didn't when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot.”
“Check bags are fun. I just make sure there won't be anything illegal in my check bag which is forbidden at a cabin of a plane. Just leaving things like scissors and such out of my carry-on things in order to avoid troubles with some certain airline, y'know.”
“I need to listen to chill music when I'm driving. It prevents road rage.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter.”

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