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To paraphrase Montaigne—even when you’re sitting on the highest throne in the world, you’re still sitting on your arse.


M.J. Carter

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JIMMY CARTER You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.
ROSALYNN CARTER Even people who aren't sick may not have optimal wellness.
BRIAN CARTER I've heard claims that we can wish our way to perfect, permanent wellness, but I haven't seen any pr...
BRIAN CARTER Your lifestyle - how you live, eat, emote, and think - determines your health. To prevent disease, y...
BRIAN CARTER I'm a priest, not a priestess. Priestess implies mumbo jumbo and all sorts of pagan goings-on. Those...
CARTER HEYWARD We do not go to bed in single pairs; even if we choose not to refer to them, we still drag there wit...
ANGELA CARTER Jimmy says he'll never tell a lie. Well, I lie all the time. 1 have to -- to balance the family tic...
LILLIAN CARTER If you don't want to be a victim, don't act like one.
ALLY CARTER And Zach was taking his jacket off and draping it around my shoulders, which (according to Liz, who ...
ALLY CARTER Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.
ANGELA CARTER A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessaril...
ROSALYNN CARTER Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, le...
HODDING CARTER I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.
LILLIAN CARTER As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air po...
MAJORA CARTER