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I see my job simply as helping disseminate the message of Barack Obama, working with the communications team to make sure that we're true to the ideals and the values and the programs that he wants to advance in this country. And that's the extent of my involvement. ↗

— David Axelrod

#barack #barack obama #communications #country #disseminate

I think the millions of people who had been able to renegotiate their mortgages so they are paying lower interest rates are better off. ↗

— David Axelrod

#been #better #better off #had #i

I'm a kibitzer with a broad portfolio. ↗

— David Axelrod

#i #portfolio

Listen, I have a great affection and respect for Joe Biden. I think he's been a great vice president. He's taken on a lot of tough assignments for our administration. ↗

— David Axelrod

#affection #assignments #been #great #i

Now, China, India have set goals. We're going to be able to review what they're doing. We're going to be able to challenge them if they don't meet those goals. We're going to pursue this anyway, because the President understands that our future lies with a clean energy economy. We've doubled renewables this year. There are millions of jobs to be had there, more energy security, so we're going to pursue this. ↗

— David Axelrod

#anyway #because #challenge #china #clean

We all think when we’re young that we want excitement and highs and passion. To hell with ordinary.” I smiled and she chuckled. “But when we find ourselves in these adult bodies,” she said. “When we wise up a little, or get slapped in the face by life, we realize we just want all things to be equal.” She put the heels of her hands together near her heart like the Yoga prayer position. “And we want to understand them better. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#glass-girl #grief #laura-anderson-kurk #meg-kavanagh #relationships

We are a unified party. ↗

— David Axelrod

#unified

We have to deal with the world as we find it. The world of what it takes to get this done. ↗

— David Axelrod

#done #find #get #takes #world

The problem that we have with a victim mentality is that we forget to see the blessings of the day. Because of this, our spirit is poisoned instead of nourished. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#blessings #gratitude #spiritual-growth #victim-mentality #experience

I didn't kill innocent people. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#innocent #innocent people #kill #people