"In the spring of 1994 I decided not to seek reelection to the Senate. I had made the decision 12 years earlier, Christmas Day of 1982, just after I had been first elected to a full term, that I would do the best I could for a limited time."

-- George J. Mitchell

#Christmas Quotes #Spring Quotes #Years Quotes

“What I will say will not always please you, but what I say will always be honest and true and how I genuinely see it.”
“It's the angle that shows how we see differently. I have always believed that all documentaries are fictional. It's really the angle of the camera, the owner of the perception, that makes the story what it is. The video camera is a fiction.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.”
“I was six foot one inch when I started fighting, but with all the uppercuts I'm up to six foot five inches.”
“Knowing where things are, and why, is essential to rational decision making”
“Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.”
“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.”

Source : "The Common School Journal and Educational Reformer" edited by William B. Fowle, 1852.
“It is fascinating to see how much Pope Francis relies on the work of the bishops in the Synods.”

Source : "Cardinal Schonborn on 'Amoris Laetitia': Pope Francis Knows What He Is Talking About". Interview with Deborah Castellano Lubov, zenit.org. April 12, 2016.

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