#act

Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States. ↗

— James K. Polk

#action #almost #although #chief #chosen

For us political activists and candidates, the morning after any election is a mix of emotions - the personal and the immediate, the culmination of your own recent campaigning efforts; and the fortunes of your party and the success or otherwise of what you stand for and believe in. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#after #any #believe #campaigning #candidates

In the industrial revolution Britain led the world in advances that enabled mass production: trade exchanges, transportation, factory technology and new skills needed for the new industrialised world. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#britain #enabled #exchanges #factory #industrial

The impact of the downturn is starting to feel very real. House prices and the housing market have been taking the knock for some time and that's affecting people. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#been #downturn #feel #house #housing

Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies - utopian images - can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth century. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#cause #century #changing #conform #evil

In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#ago #art #book #centuries #character

Now, I don't actually know the exact cut-off age where beautiful ceases and 'must have-once-been-beautiful' begins. It's true it's not forty-five. I can still get attention when I try really hard, even if it's greatly reduced. ↗

— Paulina Porizkova

#age #attention #beautiful #begins #ceases

When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers. ↗

— George Porter

#coffee #given #happiness #honour #indeed

I saw the government really using the excuse of a weak economy and a financial crisis to create more government and to push onto the American entrepreneurial society more and more restraints and government activity. ↗

— Rob Portman

#american #create #crisis #economy #entrepreneurial

There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level. ↗

— Parker Posey

#angry #being #kill #lawyers #leaving