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In the lexicon of the political class, the word "sacrifice" means that the citizens are supposed to mail even more of their income to Washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it. ↗

— George Will

#class #even #income #mail #means

Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory. ↗

— William Barclay

#bear #endurance #glory #hard #hard thing

My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good work. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#diner #first #good #good work #i

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#books #ceased #friends #give #more

The amount of U.S. debt held by countries such as China and Japan is at a historic high, with foreign investors holding half of America's publicly held debt. This dependence raises the specter that other nations will be able to influence our policies in ways antithetical to American interests. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#america #american #american interests #amount #antithetical

Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#black and white #difficult #drawing #even #gray

Being the lead of the show and working a lot of hours - all good stuff, a tremendous education, incredible opportunity, it changed my life - it was a marathon, and by the end of it I was pretty beat. ↗

— James Van Der Beek

#being #changed #education #end #good

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#anthony hopkins #being #career #ended #film

But very often in politics we have the experience called up from my father when someone was trying to help him in the campaign: I can take care of my enemies, may the Good Lord save me from my friends. ↗

— Robert Foster Bennett

#campaign #care #experience #father #friends

Learn to adjust yourself to the conditions you have to endure, but make a point of trying to alter or correct conditions so that they are most favorable to you. ↗

— William Frederick Book

#alter #conditions #correct #endure #favorable