“ If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. ”
- William Tecumseh Sherman- Copy
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“ Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse, and things won't get worse unless they get elected. ”
- Jeane Kirkpatrick- Copy
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“ You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world. ”
- Gilbert K. Chesterton- Copy
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“ One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility. ”
- Eleanor Roosevelt- Copy
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“ From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. ”
- Groucho Marx- Copy
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“ CNN is one of the participants in the war. I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected president but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power. ”
- Arthur C. Clarke- Copy
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“ In Hollywood, she's revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but I've never heard anyone in the public or among my friends say, 'Oh, I love Winona Ryder.'. ”
- Jennifer Lopez- Copy
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“ I don't think it's any fun, even if you are one of the most respected authors in the world like Margaret Atwood, to keep being nominated and not win. ”
- Kazuo Ishiguro- Copy
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“ On the other hand, we as Iraqi Kurds, we envision our interests within a unified democratic Iraq, in which we contribute to the government in Baghdad. ”
- Jalal Talabani- Copy
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“ You are Christians of the best edition, all picked and culled. ”
- Francois Rabelais- Copy
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“ It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers! ”
- Robert E. Lee- Copy
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“ Here, dearest Eve," he exclaims, "here is food." "Well," answered she, with the germ of a housewife stirring within her, "we have been so busy to-day that a picked-up dinner must serve. ”
- Nathaniel Hawthorne- Copy
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“ Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything. ”
- Margaret Mead- Copy
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“ Chose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. ”
- Confucius- Copy
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“ The world is but a large prison, out of which some are daily selected for execution. ”
- Sir Walter Raleigh- Copy
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“ I think Governor Bush can feel very confident that Cheney will not be a negative and will be a marvelous positive,... if he is fortunate enough to be elected to the White House. ”
- Thomas Mann- Copy
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“ To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature. - Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Is it so nominated in the bond? - The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ An ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own. - As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Sure, I always chose rebels to identify with - I still do - but to me a rebel isn't so much someone who breaks the law as someone who goes against the odds. ”
- William Petersen- Copy
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“ If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France. ”
- Robert Altman- Copy
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“ Man hath his daily work of body or mindAppointed, which declares his dignity,And the regard of Heav'n on all his ways;While other animals unactive range,And of their doings God takes no account. ”
- John Milton- Copy
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“ I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before. ”
- Greg Egan- Copy
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