"Folks are really tired of this rabid division between Republicans and Democrats. Folks want people to come together and solve the problems and the challenges of America."

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Source : "On @CNNSOTU today: Gov. Bev Perdue, @GovernorOMalley, and @villaraigosa discuss #DNC2012". Interview with Candy Crowley, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. September 2, 2012.

Bev Perdue

#Tired Quotes #America Quotes #People Quotes

“You canâ€™t learn to write in college. Itâ€™s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you doâ€”and they donâ€™t. They have prejudices. They may like Henry James, but what if you donâ€™t want to write like Henry James? They may like John Irving, for instance, whoâ€™s the bore of all time. A lot of the people whose work theyâ€™ve taught in the schools for the last thirty years, I canâ€™t understand why people read them and why they are taught.”
“Every time I sit down to eat, I cast my lot: for mercy, against misery; for the oppressed, against the oppressor; and for compassion, against cruelty. There is a lot of suffering in the world, but how much suffering can be addressed with literally no time or effort on our part? We can just stop supporting it, by making different choices.”

Source : "Resolved: Eating Animals Is Indefensible" by Bruce Friedrich, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 5, 2010.
“I'm pretty normal looking.”

Source : "DiCaprio? I wouldn't wish his life on anybody". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2002.
“Out of nothing can come, and nothing can become nothing.”
“A woman is just a script, but a cigar is a motion picture.”
“there comes a time when ambition ceases to burn, or romance to stir, and the highest cry of the human heart is for peace.”
“People have their constitutional right to contribute to a campaign and if they have discretionary money that they want to contribute to a candidate, whether a Republican or a Democrat, they should be able to do so.”
“Only speak words that make souls stronger -\-\ for once words are spoken, they may be forgiven, but may be not forgotten.”

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