"The tendency for politicians to claim credit for favorable news is as natural as flatulence in cows."

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Source : "No Shame, No Sense and a $296 Billion Bill". www.washingtonpost.com. July 20, 2006.

Robert J. Samuelson

#News Quotes #Credit Quotes #Cows Quotes

“Quality doesn't mean we have to be 100 percent better in any one thing; it means we strive to be 1 percent better in 100 things.”
“Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.”
“Also, whenever you have direct speech, and I don't quite know why, but it always gets better in English. Dialogue, the flow of dialogue, English just has a better way with it.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“On playing Batman and his daughter: If I was doing the sequel to Frozen I would be a hero. My two older daughters could give a sh-t about Batman and they've now passed that affection onto my son. He's always like, 'Papa, can I watch Frozen?' And I'm like, 'No, dude, it's not on again!'.”
“Men, unlike mockingbirds, have the capacity for systematic self-delusion. We echo each other with equal precision, equal eloquence, equal assurance.”

Source : Robert Ardrey (1966). “The Territorial Imperative”
“Well, I remember this girl. I am not whole without her. I am not alive without her. When she was with me I was more alive than I have ever been, and not only when she was pleasant either. Even when we were fighting I was whole.”
“Ask forgiveness, not permission. But make sure you bring your results with you.”
“Antagonism in my family comes wrapped in layers of code, sideways feints, full deniability. I believe the same can be said of many families.”

Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2014). “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves”, p.20, Serpent's Tail

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