"Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative interests."
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"In a Republican district I was a Republican. In a Democratic district I was a Democrat. And in a doubtful district, I was Doubtful. But I was always for Erie."
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"To capture the human cost of fallen empire with all its horror and absurdity, Sheets offers the right combination: the political insight of a top reporter and the power of a novelist."
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"Politics makes strange post-masters."
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"I'm fascinated how owning something, especially something as big as a home, can affect your political leanings. Home ownership spawns thoughts of equity and maintaining value."
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"The World Cup is not just a great global sporting event, it is also inscribed with much deeper cultural and political importance."
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"A politician or political thinker who calls himself a political realist is usually boasting that he sees politics, so to speak, in the raw; he is generally a proclaimed cynic and pessimist who makes it his business to look behind words and fine speeches for the motive. This motive is always low."
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"The autobiographer looks at life through the lens of his or her own life and really uses herself or himself as the jumping-off place to examine the social mores and the economic and political climates. In a way, the autobiography becomes history as well as the story of one person, for it becomes the story of a family or the story of the state or nation."
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"The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom."
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"The clatter of arms drowns out the voice of law."
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"Our religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them."
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"We should be similarly wary of accepting common opinions; we should judge them by the ways of reason not by popular vote."
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"Newsweek recently asked American women which women they admire the most, and the answer varied, actually, depending on which political party you were from... Republican women picked Oprah as the most admired woman, followed by Sarah Palin. Democratic women said Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman, followed by Oprah Winfrey. Independents also picked Oprah Winfrey, followed by Diane Sawyer."
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"It's hard to change adults, and it's hard to change it from a political position or a perceived political position."
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"All poetry is political, to some degree."
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"Modern man worships at the temple of science, but science tells him only what is possible, not what is right."
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"We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art."
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"I don't call myself a political figure but I'm taken to be."
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"Peace should be understood in a human way - in a broad social, political and economic way. Peace is threatened by unjust economic, social and political order, absence of democracy, environmental degradation and absence of human rights."
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"April frowned, irritation evident. “I did not consent to your presence,” she said peevishly. “Please depart, and attempt your political assassination on someone else’s property."
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