I believe the election and reelection of Obama were among the most conspicuous acts of denial in recent years. Voters just stopped paying attention. They accepted consistently bad behavior and rewarded it. Then they wonder why they get more bad behav...
I think we have a number of young people - like yourself - who want to make a difference. I'm not sure the numbers are as large because I think the burden of getting elected to public office at the national level has become astronomically expensive.
But, you know, we have these entrenched entities - and I'm talking about both Republicans and Democrats - who believe that when you're elected to office, you become some kind of member of the aristocracy, and that anyone who challenges you is attacki...
Ironically enough, why I got into politics is because I came to the conclusion that if you wanted to save the world, which in my mind was through the environment, those elected officials seemed to be the ones who made a lot of the important decisions...
I was taking electives, and that branched into theater. Theater led to me taking a break during the summer between my junior and senior year. After I graduated, I ended up moving out to L.A. But in my senior year, I made it a part of my major.
I know we can fix our problems. When there are people in the room who care more about doing the job they were elected to do than they worry about winning reelection, it is possible to work together, achieve principal compromise, and get results for t...
I always knew that I would give back. My mother and my father both believe you have to work hard and give back. That's why I was a volunteer firefighter, that's why I worked in a homeless shelter. I always knew I'd give back, elective office or not.
For the Wife Beater's Wife With blue irises her face is blossomed. Blue Circling to yellow, circling to brown on her cheeks. The long bone of her jaw untracked She hides in our kitchen. He sleeps it off next door. Her chicken legs tucked under her Sh...
I really need to be alone. I can't deal with someone sleeping next to me.
Baseball is the only sport there is—next to bowling that is." Luella Lorraine Lavell
Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.
Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.
I'm very much inclined to be a next-chapter guy instead of a last-chapter guy.
Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?
Collaboration is key, it takes innovation and creativity to the next room.
I am greedy, and most importantly, game for what's next.
I get very antsy and nervous if I don't know what the next job is.
I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before.
Sometimes I still worry that the next day will be the last day of the Earth.
Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
A witer's mind is NEVER silent. It is always conducting the next symphony of words.
