"I have to be honest and say members of both political parties have contributed to de-legitimization of the process. Even President Barack Obama when he was a senator, contributed to it, in the sense of voting against a well-qualified individual because he disagreed with the view. Again, that's the prerogative of the senators. They're allowed to express their views on any basis."

-- Martha Minow

#Party Quotes #Political Quotes #Voting Quotes

“Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.”
“The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.”
“I don’t trust beauty anymore / when will I stop believing it?”

Source : Reginald Shepherd (1996). “Angel, Interrupted”
“Nothing heals like love and time”
“In the collecting of evidence upon any medical subject, there are but three sources from which we can hope to obtain it: viz. from observation of the living subject; from examination of the dead; and from experiments upon living animals.”
“They were like two magnets who couldn't decide whether to attract or repel.”
“Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment's torture.”
“The collection is a labor of love and devotion, and whenever I found free time from my journalism work, I'd work on one story or another, or at least sketch out my characters, and research various issues related to my characters' dilemmas.”

Source : "‘Birds of Paradise Lost’: A Conversation With Author Andrew Lam". Interview with Anna Challet, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2013.

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