#oft

People say conversation is a lost art; how often I have wished it were. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#conversation #how #i #lost #lost art

I'd hope to reach any kid who feels apart from the group - those who seem to be outsiders, who feel different. Kids who want to reach their parents often don't know how to do so. ↗

— Ellen Muth

#apart #different #feel #feels #group

Campaigns often make standing on principle the highest of virtues - and listening to your opponents a sure sign of weakness. It's the virtual opposite of what it takes to succeed in office. Squaring the circle takes a powerful combination of skills. But presidents who can campaign and compromise are generally the most successful. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#campaigns #circle #combination #compromise #generally

That's not to say that women's priorities are better than men's. Rather, when women are empowered, when they can speak from the experience of their own lives, they often address different, previously neglected issues. And families and whole communities benefit. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#benefit #better #communities #different #empowered

I think that Scottish people, like Canadians, are often misunderstood and what I like about my Scottish friends and relatives is how quickly it can go from love to anger. It's a great dynamic. ↗

— Mike Myers

#anger #canadians #dynamic #friends #go

'Not again!' I thought to myself this morning, as news trickled out that John McCain was set to pick Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Not again, because too often women are promoted for the wrong reasons, and then blamed when things don't go right. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#alaska #because #blamed #go #governor

Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in opposition to Clinton's sometimes needy, often undisciplined, emotionalism. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#clinton #cool #define #himself #many

My Dad was from Liverpool, and he picked it up in the army. He'd often come out with this stuff. ↗

— Mike Myers

#come #dad #liverpool #often #out

Fiscal crises often turn into financial crises, dealing a blow to the real economy. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#crises #dealing #economy #financial #financial crises

My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#cruelty #music #oppression #simple #soft