"Politics in Iran is not played like American football. It's played like chess. There are multiple moves. You're jumping ahead. And a lot of it is very subtle, and it catches you by surprise later on. So I don't want to go overboard on this."

-- Gary Sick

#Football Quotes #Moving Quotes #Chess Quotes

“The significance of feminist movement (when it is not co-opted by opportunistic, reactionary forces) is that it offers a new ideological meeting ground for the sexes, a space for criticism, struggle, and transformation.”
“The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only God's Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called Gods.”

Source : Speech to Parliament at Whitehall, March 21, 1609.
“But I think sometimes a person has to be forced underwater to see if they're going to drown or swim.”

Source : Karen White (2011). “The Beach Trees”, p.114, Penguin
“Taxation being a burthen, must needs weigh lightest on each individual, when it bears upon all alike.”
“I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.”
“Above all, God wanted us to love others. We have to love each other and get on with each other, she added. It's not up to me to judge anybody.”
“People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it.”
“If I were reincarnated I would wish to be returned to Earth as a killer virus to lower human population levels.”

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