#george

I knew now, that it is by loving, and not by being loved, that one can come nearest the soul of another; yea, that, where two love, it is the loving of each other, and not the being loved by each other, that originates and perfects and assures their blessedness. I knew that love gives to him that loveth, power over any soul beloved... ↗

— George MacDonald

#love #phantastes #the-power-of-love #love

Love is rebellious bird that nobody can tame, and it's all in vain to call it if it chooses to refuse. ↗

— Georges Bizet

#carmen #georges-bizet #habanera #opera #love

What we're seeing early on is Democrats rallying around Al Gore, Republicans rallying around George Bush and the difficulty of anybody else to get any room in the race. ↗

— Stuart Rothenberg

#al gore #any #anybody #around #bush

They were sorry, they were saying with their bodies, they were accepting each other back, and that feeling, that feeling of being accepted back again and again, of someone's affection for you expanding to encompass whatever new flawed thing had just manifested in you, that was the deepest, dearest thing he'd ever-- ↗

— George Saunders

#george-saunders #love #tenth-of-december #forgiveness

I was one of the hardest-hitting conservatives on George W. Bush. Republicans didn't like me on George W. Bush. Republicans still don't like me on many things. If any Republican thinks I've been hard on Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich or any of these guys, wait until Mitt Romney gets into office. I'll hold his feet to the fire just as much. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#been #bush #conservatives #feet #fire

I read all the time so it's difficult to say who my all-time favourites are. One is George Orwell, because he makes political writing so simple a child could understand it. ↗

— Melvin Burgess

#because #child #could #difficult #favourites

Raising George Walker was not easy. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#george #raising #walker

It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be. ↗

— Vincent Canby

#george #guaranteed #including #might #put

I'd say if you live in the United States of America and you vote for George Bush, you've lost your mind. ↗

— John Edwards

#bush #george #george bush #i #live

If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison. ↗