#om

I miss sometimes the buzz of America. A sense that anything can change at the drop of a hat. In a way, it's an exhausting thing to live with. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#anything #buzz #change #drop #exhausting

I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#down #films #i #opportunity #some

I wasn't ecstatic about being pregnant - I wasn't somebody who actively wanted kids. Certainly there were no fantasies about nappy-changing. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#actively #being #being pregnant #certainly #ecstatic

I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#done #going #i #into #keep

I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind of, you-must-think-you're-really-special way. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#come #congratulate #i #impressed #kind

Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind. ↗

— George McGovern

#everyone #exposed #kind #risks #some

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public. ↗

— George McGovern

#capacity #confidence #faith #intellectual #kind

You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing. ↗

— George McGovern

#bad #just #know #our time #polite

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command. ↗

— George McGovern

#command #i #make #mind #others

I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come. ↗

— George McGovern

#afghanistan #another #come #concern #deep