"Republicans run the machine when it's their turn, and then hand the wheel over to Democrats when the public has had enough."

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Source : "Welcome to the Blagosphere" by Thomas Frank, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2009.

Thomas Frank

#Running Quotes #Hands Quotes #Had Enough Quotes

“Men were created before women. ... But that doesn't prove their superiority â€“ rather, it proves ours, for they were born out of the lifeless earth in order that we could be born out of living flesh. And what's so important about this priority in creation, anyway? When we are building, we lay foundations on the ground first, things of no intrinsic merit or beauty, before subsequently raising up sumptuous buildings and ornate palaces. Lowly seeds are nourished in the earth, and then later the ravishing blooms appear; lovely roses blossom forth and scented narcissi.”
“I do have to say I have been very fortunate.”
“The subject should be observed more for shape and color than for drawing... precise drawing is dry and hampers the impression of the whole, it destroys all sensations.”
“Britain has invented a new missile. It's called the civil servant - it doesn't work and it can't be fired.”
“The worlds of art and fashion have always been very intertwined at Dior. Francois-Xavier Lalanne and his wife, Claude, for instance, did windows for Monsieur Dior. Dior himself was a gallerist before becoming the revolutionary fashion designer we all know.”
“If flowers want to grow right out of concrete sidewalk cracks I'm going to bend down and smell them.”

Source : "Poems, 1934-1969".
“But let me say this about learning experiences: they're weird. Or put it this way: what you learn from a learning experience is generally something else.”

Source : Peg Bracken (1982). “A Window Over the Sink”, Avon Books
“Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibilityâ€”these three forces are the very nerve of education.”

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