"In the past, I used to counter any such notions by asking myself: 'Would you really want President Hattersley?' I now find that possibility rather cheers me up. With his chubby, Dickensian features and his knowledge of T.H. Green and other harmless leftish political classics, Hattersley might not be such a bad thing after all."

-- A. N. Wilson

#Cheer Quotes #Past Quotes #Political Quotes

“This is the debate we have every time we talk about the minimum wage, that if we raise it even 50 cents, that it means employers are just going to shut down. It's not true.”
“Someone pays me a hundred bucks every Tuesday to DJ. I don't think I'll ever give that up.”
“MTV didn't exist in 1980, but by 1982, it had gotten to be a force to be reckoned with.”

Source : Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. November 3, 2004.
“I call that church free which enters into the covenant with the ultimate source of existence. It binds together families and generations, protecting against the idolatry of any human claim to absolute truth or authority.”
“Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible.”
“Boys everywhere. All seven of them plus their dad, running and laughing and shoving each other around on the front lawn, engaged in what appeared to be a full-contact, tackle version of ultimate Frizbee. They were playing shirts and skins. Shirts and might-fine-lookin' skins.”

Source : Kate Brian (2008). “Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys”, p.10, Simon and Schuster
“Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.”
“I had a lot of fun in those days. It was a great experience being in the Eastern Hockey League for the simple reason that you did not have a staff.”

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