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At the unveiling at the White House of the presidential portrait, President Bush pointed out that Hillary Clinton was the first sitting Senator in history to have her portrait hanging in the White House. ↗

— Eleanor Clift

#clinton #first #hanging #her #hillary

Looking at female candidates today, other women are the hardest on them, especially older women who were brought up in a different culture. ↗

— Eleanor Clift

#candidates #culture #different #especially #female

People give you a hard time about being a kid at twelve. They didn't want to give you Halloween candy anymore. They said things like, "If this were the Middle Ages, you'd be married and you'd own a farm with about a million chickens on it." They were trying to kick you out of childhood. Once you were gone, there was no going back, so you had to hold on as long as you could. ↗

— Heather O'Neill

#growing-up #maturity #age

People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated. ↗

— Lucille Clifton

#celebrated #mistake #more #people #poetry

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language. ↗

— Lucille Clifton

#language #life #matter #poetry

I've been practicing for a while now and physically trying to get in better shape as well after the injuries. ↗

— Kim Clijsters

#been #better #get #i #injuries

We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season. ↗

— Kim Clijsters

#i #last #plan #schedule #season

Why have we had to invent Eden, to live submerged in the nostalgia of a lost paradise, to make up utopias, propose a future for ourselves? ↗

— Julio Cortazar

#future #had #invent #live #lost

I can only say, think of me what you will, I have worked for thirty years in the Party, and my whole family has devoted everything to the affairs of the Party, the affairs of socialism. ↗

— Alexander Dubcek

#devoted #everything #family #i #i can

Carnegie Hall was real fabulous, but you know, it ain't as big as the Grand Ole Opry. ↗

— Patsy Cline

#carnegie #carnegie hall #fabulous #grand #hall