#issues

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#apparently #candidates #cost #democracy #elections

When we win, it will tell every politician in America that if you are bold, if you do the right thing, if you tackle the tough issues, there will be people standing there right with you. ↗

— Scott Walker

#bold #do the right thing #every #issues #people

I'm doing this play right now, the new David Mamet play. It's called 'Race,' and it's very interesting how people really leave the theater filled with the desire to talk about the play and the issues and the characters, and how they're all navigating their personal views around race. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#around #called #characters #david #desire

I was so happy it was like a food, like I'd been stuffed with it, a foie gras goose of happiness; happy enough to know, fully, that I was happy, and foolishly, for one second, to dare the thought: "Imagine—imagine if each Saturday morning could be like this," and in the middle of the singing, I blushed, not even looking at her, because even just having it I knew there was something wrong about the thought. Another boundary crossing—an acknowledgment to myself, so fleeting but so dangerous, of how hungry I was. ↗

— Claire Messud - The Woman Upstairs

#the-nature-of-happiness #food

Relationships do not preclude issues of morality. ↗

— Jhumoa Lahiri

#morality #preclude #relationships

Relationships do not preclude issues of morality. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#morality #preclude #relationships

Believing that our greatest need is for the general public to be able to get better information, to have an opportunity to learn better the real issues of the less fortunate, we centered the activities of the Fairness Project on that. ↗

— Mike Lowry

#activities #believing #better #centered #fairness

What matters most in politics is personality. It's not issues; it's not image. It's who you are and what you represent. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#issues #matters #most #personality #politics

These issues are so important. I just felt the best thing to do right now is contribute and go forward. ↗

— Bill Luther

#contribute #felt #forward #go #i

We need to always be vigilant on the sanitary issues. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#issues #need #sanitary #vigilant