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O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

#endeavor #follies #god #him #like

Is it fair to treat a woman worse than a man, and then revile her because she is a woman? ↗

— Victoria Woodhull

#fair #her #man #she #than

One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism. ↗

— John Avlon

#confuse #partisanship #patriotism #sign

How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#feel #how #play #someone #very

Science is organized knowledge. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#organized #science

We should welcome applause whenever it comes. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#comes #should #welcome #whenever

Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It's a shame such a hard-fought election has to come down to something like this. ↗

— David Axelrod

#any #ballots #come #down #election

I have never believed in the Wizard of Oz theory of consulting, that I am all-knowing and all-seeing, and that everyone around me is kind of a backbencher. ↗

— David Axelrod

#around #believed #consulting #everyone #i

I knew Barack Obama, absolutely. And I knew him probably as well as thousands of other Chicagoans. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#barack #barack obama #him #i #knew

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