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The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the vital issues of the day.


Theodore Roosevelt

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AMIT RAY Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretche...
EMMA LAZARUS Maybe we're standing like coins on the edge?"
Allie considered this. "Meaning?"
"Meaning, ...
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"I know t...
AMAZON REVIEWER But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
ELIZABETH PETERS But when have I ever needed saving?
"Are you a Wendy?" I whisper to myself, scanning the low ro...
TRACY WARD Anger - a beast within us that needs taming.
SARU SINGHAL What troubles us much, is of less importance to what troubles us much that invokes our thought, hear...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said, 'N...
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY Don't sacrifice the present and attempt to achieve the impossible- to completely correct the past......
ASSEGID HABTEWOLD Why does man not see things? He is himself standing in the way: he conceals things.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Poetry looking in the mirror sees art,
and art looking in a mirror sings poetry.
ABERJHANI We have tears in our eyes
As we wave our goodbyes,
We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL Look to your heart and soul first, rather than looking to your head first, when choosing. Rather tha...
JEFFREY R. ANDERSON There is, I am sensible, an age at which every individual of you would choose to stop; and you will ...
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JACK KEROUAC Somewhere along the line, the pearl would be handed to me.
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DAVID MCCULLOUGH In the rough-and-tumble play of politics, dog-whistle messages are copiously dispatched over the hea...
ERIK PEVERNAGIE Your most precious memories will focus on those you loved, those who loved you, and what you did tog...
JAMES C. DOBSON I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It i...
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ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH They say that a part of you dies when a special Loved One passes away...I disagree...I say a part of...
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BRIAN TRACY Then there is the other secret. There isn't any symbolysm [sic]. The sea is the sea. The old man is ...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY During the dance of Giants, common man gets stomped on.
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GERMANY KENT You must have traveled all night,” she heard herself say.
“I had to come back early.” Sh...
LISA KLEYPAS Rather than standing defiant screaming to the winds to bring the storm,
be focused, grateful f...
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I frown in confusi...
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HARUKI MURAKAMI And what good is a voice when so few will listen?
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CRAIG GROESCHEL Be who you are, do what you do and let us get on with discussing the real issues of this country.
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ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty.
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L.M. MONTGOMERY Water runs if you try to grasp it, but pours onto an open hand.
THE SILVER ELVES Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in day out Success is the not the thing we will fi...
AAMIR SARFRAZ (AAMIR RAJPUT KHAN) The gift of writing; natural flow of thoughts from the deepest heart.
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GERALD LUCIA I am at peace with myself.
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AMIT RAY Hey you the "Supreme Power Within Myself" uplift my soul that I make no more mistakes and patiently ...
NEHA KOTHARI If death is all about parting with body then immortality is about being dead when alive.
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MARIANNE WILLIAMSON Percy was getting tired of water.
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THOMAS JEFFERSON One thing God has been showing me is that I'm not called to save the world, just to point those He p...
J.R. RIM My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on eithe...
STEPHEN HARPER I think there has to be a frank discussion on what the plans are, how they fit with the current zoni...
DANIEL HOFFMAN The real thing that keeps men and women apart, is fear. Women blame men and men blame women, but the...
C. JOYBELL C. Be encouraged. Hold your head up high and know God is in control and has a plan for you. Instead of ...
GERMANY KENT Remember what you always told me.”

“Hold on tight and fight as hard as you can.
A.A. FREDA If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I will not die.
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AMIT RAY Smile is the shortest and fastest communication between strangers.
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure.....
THEODORE ROOSEVELT It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Believe you can and you're halfway there.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves wh...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT I am a part of everything that I have read.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first i...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and sel...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but w...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Believe you can and you're halfway there.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and f...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT With self-discipline most anything is possible.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are the tyrannies o...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don'...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly I can!" - and get busy and find out...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Put out the light.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Do what you can with what you have where you are.
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