#sit

The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about your parents when they're gone, but your children are still going to be here, and you're going to want them to come and visit you in the nursing home. ↗

— Alice Munro

#children #come #deep #going #gone

My worry about the New York Times is that it's got the only position as a national elitist general-interest paper. So the network news picks up its cues from the Times. And local papers do too. It has a huge influence. And we'd love to challenge it. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

#challenge #cues #elitist #got #huge

I sometimes like the situation that forces you to rely on your instinct and impulses. ↗

— Donna Murphy

#i #impulses #instinct #like #rely

When I first left university, I thought about going into the private sector. But I discovered when I went to interview that I could only have a career in the back office, or doing HR. The attitude was, 'My dear lady, you cannot possibly think about going on the board.' ↗

— Pauline Neville-Jones

#attitude #back #board #cannot #career

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#confuse #dies #disloyalty #dissent #i

You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so. ↗

— Edmund S. Muskie

#god-given #god-given right #government #hesitate #kick

When I became White House press secretary, there were other limitations that were thrust upon me. Bill Clinton was under pressure to appoint women to visible positions. I was 31, I'd never worked in Washington. Was I ready for this large and visible job? Still he wanted the credit. So he gave me the job but diminished the job. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#became #bill #bill clinton #clinton #credit

I've always seen my campaigns against corruption as political work of a purer form than what opposition leaders usually do. All they do is hold roundtables and release political statements, which is all well and good. But there are concrete things that need to get done in order to achieve the basic goal of every opposition politician. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#against #always #basic #campaigns #concrete

When we get a chance to take part in elections, I am ready to fight for leading positions, including in the presidential vote. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#chance #elections #fight #get #i

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. ↗

— Patricia Neal

#attitude #create #mental #mental attitude #miracles