#pol

Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a lesbian onstage is still a very political act; if it weren't, more women would do it. ↗

— Kate Clinton

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I get asked a lot about getting into politics. I say, 'Take a look at politics. You tell me what seems appealing about that.' ↗

— George Clooney

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The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service. ↗

— Arthur Hugh Clough

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Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs. ↗

— Jim Clyburn

#best #best interests #between #citizen #earth

I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together. ↗

— Harlan Coben

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It is very distressing that anyone would look at these matters from a political viewpoint. Core beliefs about when life begins and ends are far too important for any such calculations. ↗

— Mac Thornberry

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After 20 years in Congress, I still believe that smaller government and lower taxes are the most effective economic policies. ↗

— Howard Coble

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Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth and freshness and originality and spontaneity as it did originally, and you have done a poet's job. The rest is literature. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#commonplace #did #done #effect #freshness

Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#demons #economists #everything #politicians #possible

I think when you've been a career politician for 34 years you have to run on your record. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

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