"All Presidents start out to run a crusade but after a couple of years they find they are running something less heroic and much more intractable: namely the presidency. The people are well cured by then of election fever, during which they think they are choosing Moses. In the third year, they look on the man as a sinner and a bumble and begin to poke around for rumors of another Messiah."

-- Alistair Cooke

#Running Quotes #Couple Quotes #Men Quotes

“When we read we are able to travel to many places, meet many people and understand the world.”
“Always remember, your focus determines your reality.”

Source : Patricia C. Wrede, George Lucas (2012). “Star Wars®: Episode I: The Phantom Menace”, p.118, Scholastic Inc.
“A real capitalist knows that $10 given today does a lot more good than $100 given 10 years from now.”
“Stem cell research holds enormous promise for easing human suffering, and federal support is critical to its success.”
“I'm not advocating for no guns. I like mine and am not about to give them up. But in this country, my uterus is more regulated than my guns. Birth control and reproductive health services are harder to get than bullets. What is that about? Guns don't kill people - vaginas do?”

Source : "My Guns Are Less Regulated Than My Uterus" by Shannyn Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 27, 2012.
“We've got a deeply flawed political system with an insane overreaching extremist element, with a Supreme Court that is completely loony.”
“The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You only fail if you don't finish the game. If you finish you win. You have to measure what you started out with by what you overcome.”

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