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The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone. ↗

— Robert Plant

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As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser. ↗

— Plato

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The American people know the economy is too weak. Too many of them are suffering. So the question for Washington is, are we going to continue to play political games and - and - or are we going to say, we can do something right now to create jobs, to put money in the pockets of the middle-class, hire construction workers, teachers, veterans? ↗

— David Plouffe

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I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise or unwise, on the merits. ↗

— John Podesta

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In fact, I think that Governor Clinton, when he was running, and President Clinton, when he was serving, actually governed with a wide range of advisors and a perspective that blended the best of ideas from the center and the left. ↗

— John Podesta

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There are people who kind of gravitate towards running politics based on new ideas and issues, and that was what the secret was for Clinton. ↗

— John Podesta

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By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before, and it was done spit spot with very little national debate. ↗

— John Podhoretz

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The head of Fermilab was reading Astonishing Stories when he was ten. ↗

— Frederik Pohl

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Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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Just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts. ↗

— Henri Poincare

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