"The State Department is infested with communists. I have here in my hand a list of 205â€”a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department."

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Joseph McCarthy

#Party Quotes #Names Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Ultimately, 'how's it going?' is the most futile and the most profound of questions. To answer it precisely, one would have to make a scrupulous inventory of one's psyche, considering each aspect in detail. No matter: we have to say 'fine' out of politeness and civility and change the subject, or else ruminate the question during our whole lives and reserve our reply for afterward.”

Source : Pascal Bruckner (2011). “Perpetual Euphoria: On the Duty to Be Happy”, p.19, Princeton University Press
“I don't know about them, but I sure am. I'm out for revenge.”
“Really, UCLA's a great place as well, but they don't have the kind of environment they have here. The fans here have a passion.”
“It's great to be in a room full of young people...The average age of the Senate, I think, is death.”

Source : "The week in one-liners" by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. April 8, 2011.
“I'd never make a film that I am not passionate about. My whole life, I've only made the films I wanted to make, even when I had limited means.”
“I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it backfires”
“Once I should have been, if not satisfied, partially, at least, contented with suffrage for the intelligent and those who have been soldiers; now I am convinced that universal suffrage is demanded by sound policy and impartial justice.”
“All of my creation is an effort to weave a web of connection with the world: I am always weaving it because it was once broken.”

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