"Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame."

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Source : Lady Bird Johnson (2007). “A White House Diary”, p.79, University of Texas Press

Lady Bird Johnson

#Inspirational Quotes #Flames Quotes #Political Quotes

“When I read [the script] and saw that it was my fanboy wet dream of an Avengers script and that [Agent] Coulson was a big part of it, that was the great day for me. I just drove around the streets with the script in the other seat, giggling.”
“To me, the main weakness of EDA is its failure to enquire why the data were collected in the first place and its consequent tendency to apply ingenious methods largely because they are so attractively ingenious.”
“One day you are an apprentice, and everybody's pet; the next, you are coldly expected to deliver. There is never sufficient warning that the second day is coming.”
“I don't think there is much American music.”
“The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.”
“The threat of nuclear terrorism is growing faster than our ability to prevent an attack on our homeland.”
“The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name.”

Source : Sylvia Browne (2009). “Soul’s Perfection (EasyRead Large Bold Edition)”, p.271, ReadHowYouWant.com
“In the consciousness of belonging together, in the sense of constancy, resides the sanctity, the beauty of matrimony, which helps us to endure pain more easily, to enjoy happiness doubly, and to give rise to the fullest and finest development of our nature.”

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