#lit

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#conviction #diagnosis #excessively #extremism #identifiable

Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#county #courage #diverse #eloquence #find

Please do not ask me to talk about my divorce. Mr. Ziegfeld and I are such very good friends. It is only a little matter quite between ourselves. ↗

— Anna Held

#ask #between #divorce #friends #good

When I started working, I didn't have a clue what I was doing, in that I was just wandering around, hoping that I could succeed. Then after I got a little under my belt, it took me about 25 years to feel like I knew what I was doing. ↗

— James Garner

#after #around #belt #clue #could

I was very, very large as a kid and never athletic, and my home life was a little upside down and I never felt comfortable. ↗

— Brad Garrett

#comfortable #down #felt #home #home life

Formerly government was the responsibility of people; now people were the responsibility of government. ↗

— Garet Garrett

#government #now #people #responsibility #were

It used to be you did TV or you did film. Now it's like a media blitz. ↗

— Stephen Dorff

#did #film #like #media #now

There is no reason for anyone in this country, anyone except a police officer or a military person, to buy, to own, to have, to use a handgun... and the only way to do that is to change the Constitution. ↗

— Michael Gartner

#buy #change #constitution #country #except

I worked in the media from the late 30's through the early 70's. Politics in general became more liberal both nationally and within the state as the years passed. ↗

— Jesse Helms

#both #early #general #i #late

Although I don't have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way. ↗

— Bill Gates

#back #been #feel #fortunate #give