"I will not ever run for political office. I can assure you."

-- David Petraeus

#Running Quotes #Office Quotes #Political Quotes

“One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. All sorts of things.”
“Today I want to puke when I hear the word 'radical' applied so slothfully and stupidly to Islamist murderers; the most plainly reactionary people in the world.”
“Youths are passed through schools that donâ€™t teach, then forced to search for jobs that donâ€™t exist and finally left stranded in the street to stare at the glamorous lives advertised around them.”
“They see that who they are is the silence in which sound is happening, the spaciousness in which movement occurs. This kind of recognition, whether fleeting or abiding, is called an awakening.”

Source : Arjuna Ardagh (2008). “Leap Before You Look: 72 Shortcuts for Getting Out of Your Mind and Into the Moment”, p.8, ReadHowYouWant.com
“God knew what we were before conversion - wicked, guilty, and defiled; yet He loved us. He knows what we will be after conversion - weak, erring, and frail; yet He loves us.”
“Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person.”
“The best comics editors have the smallest egos. The worst ones feel like they have to justify their salaries by making changes just so they can leave their fingerprints. Every creative medium has those guys, and they're all loathsome.”
“I believe in discipline, so I'm not the right person to cry about weakness and things like this, but maybe I'm not human.”

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