"I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan."

-- Nikki Haley

#White Quotes #African American Quotes #Rags Quotes

“Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.”
“It’s not a question of whether you will hurt, or of how much you will hurt; it’s a question of what you will do, and how well you will do it, while pain has her wanton way with you.”

Source : Daniel James Brown (2013). “The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics”, p.40, Penguin
“I want to make a summing up, brief and to the point, but thorough. I have never suppressed a word in my books out of regard for other people and their prejudices.”

Source : John Henry Mackay (2001). “John Henry Mackay: Autobiographical Writings”, p.11, Xlibris Corporation
“By comparison with a night-club, churches are positively gay.”
“Life is sad enough without people writing sad books.”

Source : James T. Farrell (2001). “Studs Lonigan”, p.464, Penguin
“I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years.”
“No lie can live forever.”
“I love being a dad. Basically it's the most gratifying, rewarding relationship in life. But, at the same time, it certainly is the most challenging.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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