"We can go back to economic plans that are only designed to benefit the wealthiest among us, like Mitt Romney. Or we can keep moving forward with President Obama's vision for a growing economy that works for middle-class families in North Carolina and all across the country. For me, for North Carolina and for America, it's an easy choice."

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Source : "Gov. Bev Perdue DNC 2012 speech". www.politico.com. September 04, 2012.

Bev Perdue

#Country Quotes #Moving Quotes #America Quotes

“To my ears, jazz sounds better in warm weather and after the sun has gone down. While I will listen to some of my favorite jazz records in cooler weather, it's the warmer nights that really make them come alive. Something about those sounds and the heat of the night really makes it happen for me.”
“In the past, presidents had been consulted about those kinds of decisions by SGs, and I thought it was the right thing to do.”

Source : "Farewell to the General". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 28, 2016.
“I keep on fighting...but I can't keep going on this way”
“In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about (Stan) Musial, (Ted) Williams and (Jackie) Robinson. I had put those guys on a pedestal. They were something special. I really thought they put their pants on different, rather than one leg at a time.”

Source : Luci Swindoll (2003). “I Married Adventure”, p.11, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Books make great gifts because they're everybody's favorite things.”
“His songs were soon curled on the lips of the world, they had earned him the highest acclaim. And yet his greatest desire was the simple warmth of love's fire, cause it's cold on the dark side of fame.”
“It's easier to knock on a door that's not shut all the way.”
“Being a reporter seems a ticket out to the world.”

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