"I learned early that business is business and politics is politics. The proof is how few important businessmen have made good politicians. They may think that they are very smart about everything because they made millions of dollars by digging a hole in the ground and finding oil, but the talent and luck needed to become rich are not the same talent and luck needed to succeed on Parliament Hill."

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Jean Chretien

#Smart Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Oil Quotes

“...even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons. - Mr. Penderwick”
“Try claiming God's blessings instead of merely longing for them.”
“To be, or not to be: what a question!”
“Rumi, who is one of the greatest Persian poets, said that the truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We should not allow wealthy people, including corporate criminals, to hide their assets and avoid paying their bills.”
“The networks initiated the discussion of live coverage.”
“Ensuring that high quality water is provided to all Arizona's citizens is the responsibility of elected officials at all levels and I am happy to do all I can to assist the city's efforts.”
“Every relationship has at least one really good day. What I mean is, no matter how sour things go, there's always that day. That day is always in your possession. That's the day you remember. You get old and you think: well, at least I had that day. It happened once. You think all the variables might just line up again. But they don't. Not always. I once talked to a woman who said, "Yeah, that's the day we had an angel around.”

Source : Charles Baxter (2012). “The Feast of Love”, p.17, HarperCollins UK

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