"That distinctive presidential conduct is now gone forever, banished to the snows of yesteryear by Barack Obama. From the beginning of his presidency to the present, he has spoken specifically and in unprecedented fashion of Republicans as his rivals, his stumbling blocks, the primary cause of his troubles."

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John Podhoretz

#Fashion Quotes #Block Quotes #Snow Quotes

“I’ve spent too many years explaining who and what I am repeatedly, so as of this moment I officially secede from both races. I plan to start my own separate nation. Because I am half Ojibway and half Caucasian, we will be called the Occasions. And of course, since I’m founding the new nation, I will be a Special Occasion.”

Source : Drew Hayden Taylor (1998). “Funny, You Don't Look Like One: Observations of a Blue-eyed Ojibway”, Penticton, B.C. : Theytus Books, l998.
“I think the idea that death is not the end, that your dog's just gone to live on the farm, is limiting. Thoughts like that prevent you from making the most of the time that you have.”
“I was a good surfer because we grew up a block from the water, and my father took us to the ocean the way other fathers take their kids to the park.”
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”

Source : "War As I Knew It". Book by George S. Patton. Chapter "Reflections and Suggestions", 1947.
“Anyone who tells you that it is better to have loved and lost that to never loved at all has never done both.”
“That external struggle mirrors the struggle of this life force of energy that [princess Margaret] was.”
“I'm starting to think about my life, thinking about where I'm going to be in three years time: who I'm going to be with, where I'm going to be situated myself.”
“It’s tricky when you’re doing a recording, because the only weapon you have is your voice and the delivery of that voice. You don’t have a gesture or a facial expression, there are no costumes or set pieces. Everything needs to be present in the voice.”

Source : "Drama Queens : A Conversation With Mezzo-Soprano Joyce DiDonato". Interview with Sean Martinfield, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 19, 2012.

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