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Poet "The poet has a lonely soul." Rose Terry Cooke Poetry "A good poem contains both meaning and music" Eve Merriam "A poem is never a put-up job, so to speak. It begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a love sickness. It is never a thought to begin with." Robert Frost "I often used poetry to keep harm away." Nuala O'Faolain, My Dream of You "Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary." Kahlil Gibran "Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads." Marianne Moore Police "The policeman's lot is not a happy one." Gilbert and Sullivan, Sullivan: The Pirates Of Penzance Politeness "Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts." Abel Stevens Politician "We never comment on security matters, except when we want to." Tony Blair "When politicians start to talk about posterity, it's usually their posteriors they're worried about." Gary Trudeau, Doonesbury "You don't get on Mount Rushmore by accommodating opponents." Richard Viguerie Politics "Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so." Gore Vidal"I can remember way back when a liberal was one who was generous with his own money." Will Rogers "I voted for the Democrats because I didn't like the way the Republicans were running the country.which is turning out to be like shooting yourself in the head to stop your headache." Jack Mayberry "I'd rather clean filth off the street than go into politics." John Quincy Adams "In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman." Margaret Thatcher "In some respects, politics is an incurable affliction." George McGovern Political boundaries are the scars of history." Willem van Riet Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds." Henry Adams "Politics is an expectations game." Unknown "Politics is like the Nile. ... It hides many things." P. C. Doherty, The Anubis Slayings "Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book." Ronald Reagan "Politics is performance art." Jennifer Granholm "Politics is show business for the ugly." Unknown "Politics is simply how power gets worked out on a practical, day-to-day basis." John Eldred "Politics is the art of appearing candid and completely open, while concealing as much as possible." Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book... "Politics is the pop culture of the 21st century." Scream 3 "Politics isn't about winning at all costs. It's about maintaining relationships and getting results at the same time." Unknown "The one truism in all politics is that loud voices will raised against every decision that is made." Timothy Zahn, Specter of the Past (Star Wars: The Hand... "The only trouble with politics is the politicians." Judith Murphy "Two years is an eternity in politics." Jonathan Alter "We don't run for office. We own the politicians." Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel "We're not used to caring as much about politics as about sports." Jonathan Alter "When we win on an issue, we call it leadership. When we lose, we call it politics. Practicing politics simply means increasing your options for effective results." John Eldred "While it is important to trash the governor, it should be done in the context of regret, sadness and balance." Frank Luntz on California governor Gray Davis "While misrule and tyranny must be resisted, so too must politics itself ... that it cannot be allowed to cannibalize all of life, all of existence." Amitav Ghosh, The Glass Palace "You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you." Trotsky Polls "The people who actually stay on the line to answer poll takers questions may be suffering from a mild form of retardation." Jon Stewart, The Daily Show Polo Epona, the Celtic goddess of horses "If you could let a brother put a horse on layaway." Chris Rock Polygamy "I can’t imagine anything more awful than polygamy." Mitt Romney "You cannot be equitable in a polygamous relationship, no matter how hard you try." The Quran Pope "Qui mange du pape en meurt." [Who eats the pope dies of him."] French saying Popularity "My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular." Adlai Stevenson Positive "Find the good. It's all around you. Find it, showcase it and you'll start believing in it." Jesse Owens, Olympic gold medalist Possession "Anything worth possessing cannot quite be possessed." Unknown "I actually care very little for possessions." Cheryl Tiegs "The world is a bridge. Pass over it but do not build a house on it." proverb from The Siege of Krishnapur by J. G. Farrell Possibility "All things are possible, until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may be so, as of now." Pearl S. Buck, Bridge for Passing "Nothing is impossible. ... The first step in innovation is to know that a thing can be created. After that, the rest is a matter of detail." Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book... "Sometimes people tell you that you can't do things because maybe they can't do them." Liz Alpert Fay "Mashed potatoes in any form are good for the soul" Diane Mott Davidson, Sticks & Scones Potential "Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be." Anne Byrhhe "It's never too late to be what you might have been." George Elliott "Not everyone gets to be an astronaut when they grow up." Unknown "What you are is only a small part of what you might be, and what you've seen and done is a pitifully tiny fraction of all there is to see and do when the whole universe is available to you." Brian M. Stableford, The Sun's Tears Poverty "Investing in the future is a luxury of the rich. The poor just look for ways to make the present bearable." Iain Levison, Since The Layoffs: A Novel "Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying." William Pitt "Relieving people's poverty ought to be handled as though one were rescuing them from a fire or saving them from drowning. One cannot hesitate." Emperor Zhu Gaozhi "The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream." Harry Kemp Power "A peaceful mind generates power." Unknown "Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it rocks absolutely, too." Unknown "Give the soldiers money and despise everyone else." Septimus Severus "Having no power corrupts; having absolutely no power corrupts absolutely." Herbert Gold "I'm easier to get along with if I'm in charge." Bill Gates "If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around." Unknown "If you upset me, I can immediately summon someone to sue you." Albert Finney "In the last analysis, all power rests on opinion." Enoch Powell "It is difficult to make power loveable. That is the dilemma of all governments." Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book... "It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power." David Brin "It was the ultimate authority to quit." Heather McHugh "It's easy to work a room when you don't move." Name withheld "It's good to be king." Mel Brooks, The History of the World -- Part I "Let not thy will roar when thy power can but whisper." Thomas Fuller "People in organizations demonstrate power in every conversation, every decision, and every interaction." John Eldred "Power comes from responsibility." Dr. Laura Schlessinger "Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power." George Bernard Shaw "Power is nothing without control." Pirelli ad "Power is the most unstable of all human achievements. Faith and power are mutually exclusive." Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book... "Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right." Benjamin Whichcote "When you leave government, you get in the backseat of a car and expect it to start." Mac McLarity "You can gaze upon the lords, but looking at the shogun will make you blind; and the emperor cannot be seen at all." Japanese proverb "Where there is power, there will always be abuse of it." Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche: A Romance of the French...
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