"Look em in the eye. Make a gesture of inclusion, which he did all the time. And above all, have a chorus. So I learned from Pete Seeger to have something for them to sing."

-- Tom Paxton

#Eye Quotes #Gestures Quotes #Looks Quotes

“...I came to realize that God never shows us something we aren't ready to understand. Instead, He lets us see what we need to see, when we need to see it. He'll wait until our eyes and hearts are open to Him, and then when we're ready. He will plant our feet on the path that's best for us. . . but it's up to us to do the walking.”
“Lift up your hearts to Him, sometimes even at your meals, and when you are in company; the least little remembrance will always be acceptable to Him. You need not cry very loud; He is nearer to us than we are aware.”
“Happiness is in the doing not in getting what you want.”
“Obama has already demonstrated an extraordinary ability to change the limits of what one can say publicly. His greatest achievement up to now is that, in his refined non-provocative way, he has introduced into public speech topics which had hitherto been de facto unsayable: the continuing importance of race in politics, the positive role of atheists in public life, the necessity to talk with "enemies" like Iran or Hamas, and so on. This is just what US politics needs today more than anything, if it is to break out of its gridlock: new words which will change the way we think and act.”
“The greatest evil is physical pain.”
“I'm not sure that insecurity is a good enough excuse for that sort of behavior. We're all insecure, and I really think he's old enough to have discovered the reasons behind his insecurity, and do something about them." ...Lucy”
“When we sat down to eat I took inventory of the people in the room, and the remnants of my good mood evaporated when I realized how very little I had in common with them â€“ the career dads, the responsible and diligent moms â€“ and I was soon filled with dread and loneliness. I locked in on the smug feeling of superiority that married couples give off and that permeated the air â€“ the shared assumptions, the sweet and contented apathy, it all lingered everywhere â€“ despite the absence in the room of anyone single at which to aim this.”
“I strongly believe that every American should always be rooting for our president to do well, no matter which political party that he or she might belong to.”

Source : "Dem senator unsure of vote for Obama or Romney" by Donna Cassata, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 20, 2012.

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