"I don't think people have fully processed how deeply television has changed the political process in our own world. Political parties have become vestiges of what they were and individuals with large amounts of money can leapfrog over that process, which can have a positive mediating effect. And so I think there are things to worry about."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

Alexander Stille

#Party Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Now [in 2016] I have the highest turnout in the state of Minnesota. And Minnesota is the highest turnout state in the country.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“Part fact part fiction is what life is. And it is always a cover story. I wrote my way out.”
“But what exceeds all wonders, I have discovered four new planets and observed their proper and particular motions, different among themselves and from the motions of all the other stars; and these new planets move about another very large star [Jupiter] like Venus and Mercury, and perchance the other known planets, move about the Sun. As soon as this tract, which I shall send to all the philosophers and mathematicians as an announcement, is finished, I shall send a copy to the Most Serene Grand Duke, together with an excellent spyglass, so that he can verify all these truths.”
“Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.”

Source : Memorandum to Peter van Emde Boas, 29 Mar. 1977
“No march, movement, or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners in this quest for equality can be considered a positive step.”
“I'm a reliable witness, you're a reliable witness, practically all God's children are reliable witnesses in their own estimation--which makes it funny how such different ideas of the same affair get about.”
“Picasso said that no one has to explain a daffodil. Good design is understandable to virtually everybody. You never have to ask why.”
“Once when I was 16 I had my car taken away from me for being past curfew. Oh, and I said a bad word once, and I actually did get my mouth washed out with soap.”

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