In the rough-and-tumble play of politics, dog-whistle messages are copiously dispatched over the heads of the grassroots people that cannot see the writing on the wall and have to remain in the cold, like dumb puppets on a string. ("What after bowling alone?" )
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES But when have I ever needed saving? "Are you a Wendy?" I whisper to myself, scanning the low ro... TRACY WARD Next time I expect you to act a little friendlier and remember that we would like to get out of here... TRACEY WARD Merry Christmas.” he says quietly, pulling something from his back pocket. I frown in confusi... TRACEY WARD Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you r... MANDY HALE In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed... JOHN H. GROBERG I'm in the middle of the road, it seems vague of unclear way, of where I'm going but no matter what ... HLONIM They stand uncertainly underneath immense skies, and everything about them is drowned. JACK KEROUAC I heard the Denver and Rio Grande locomotives howling off in to the mountains. I wanted to pursue my... JACK KEROUAC I read my copy of On the Road and dug the scenery whizzing past. On the Road is a semi-autobiographi... CORY DOCTOROW She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING Rehashing the past wouldn't change anything. Time to move forward. ZENA WYNN Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word. DIANA WYNNE JONES The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a... NEIL GAIMAN What is the Other?" they ask. The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ... PAULO COELHO Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself. MANDY HALE Don't sacrifice the present and attempt to achieve the impossible- to completely correct the past...... ASSEGID HABTEWOLD I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven princeling in! If it wer... J.R.R. TOLKIEN We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL There is no greater glory than to die for love. GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. Maybe we're standing like coins on the edge?" Allie considered this. "Meaning?" "Meaning, ... NEAL SHUSTERMAN Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, wi... THE BOOK OF THE DEAD When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in t... THE WORK OF THE CHARIOT In the beginning, there was nothing and from nothing came our species then behold the dawn of music.... GARY F EVANS... Here was one with an air of high nobility such as Aragorn at times revealed, less high perhaps, yet ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Time that is spent dwelling on the past will surely continue in your present moment - and the future... MICHELLE CRUZ-ROSADO But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended. ELIZABETH PETERS It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Is There Anybody Out There? PINK FLOYD Life is short, and that's why, I don't test people; because we all fail tests sometimes, but that is... C. JOYBELL C. I sat up in bed. "What did he say?" Tyson groaned, still half asleep. He was lying facedown on ... RICK RIORDAN You've never really trusted him, though you don't understand why. Something about the fact that he's... N.K. JEMISIN She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer ... ANGELA CARTER The profound ability to use aural and written language has enabled our species to collectively explo... KATHERINE VUCICEVIC No, sweet one. See, my precious: if we has it, then we can escape, even from Him, eh? Perhaps we gro... J.R.R. TOLKIEN There is no such thing as objectivity. We are all just interpreting signals from the universe and tr... BONES THE DOCTOR IN THE PHOTO Savor the moment. Set a goal that you value and plan the steps to of getting there in a way that you... TERENCE T. GORSKI You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES God is not impressed with what PRECEDES your name, but how you PROCEED in His Name." BJ NELSON When Luke had descended into the River Styx, he would've had to focus on something important that wo... RICK RIORDAN Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretche... EMMA LAZARUS We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives. THICH NHAT HANH Another grave fault in our election system is that the campaigns are unduly strung out. [Election Ad... JOSEPH P. HARRIS As for the politicians, like everyone else in America, they were motivated by money, not ideals. CHARLES DICKENS Indeed, it's not a stretch to say that most voters no longer choose their representatives; instead, ... BARACK OBAMA You can tell there's an election coming soon. People are already using the word "fundamentally" in e... BENJAMIN KANE ETHRIDGE "A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." - Edward R. Murrow EDWARD R. MURROW To bring the matter to one point, Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to g... THOMAS PAINE In other words, our constitution was designed by people who were idealistic but not ideological. The... BILL CLINTON يا راكعين لأمريكا , أنا بريء منكم ناجي العلي Percy was getting tired of water. If he said that aloud, he would probably get kicked out of Po... RICK RIORDAN We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want... PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ... CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you... KATE MIDDLETON
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ERIK PEVERNAGIE We might not be able to know what reality is about, but we can’t but be aware of the explicitness ... ERIK PEVERNAGIE A promise is a gift and a gift is a symbol of a social relationship. The donor is aware that it crea... ERIK PEVERNAGIE The day we decide to drop the flimsy makeshift scenarios in our cluttered mind and eschew the ‘all... ERIK PEVERNAGIE Women emerging like aliens in a hesitant future, in a men’s world with impervious codes, may feel ... ERIK PEVERNAGIE Is love just a butterfly? Love can tell us so many things about the deep waters of our inner self an... ERIK PEVERNAGIE When love becomes a play of squirming mindgames or a tinderbox of mental conflicts, emotional benchm... ERIK PEVERNAGIE When a soothing wind blows gently love through the thistledown of expectations, hope may inveigle th... ERIK PEVERNAGIE The vagaries of love with all its unpredictable and capricious meanders may be a hurdle in keeping l... ERIK PEVERNAGIE Instead of breaking or cherry-picking the rules, many just follow the inner rules, which have been i... ERIK PEVERNAGIE When we are able to break free from the imprisonment of our little, small self-thinking and dare to ... ERIK PEVERNAGIE When the past gets its teeth into our daily life, it may get to grips with an astringent reality and... ERIK PEVERNAGIE Many men remain spoiled boys that have never grown up. Women are prepared to raise them and take pai... ERIK PEVERNAGIE Everyone has prejudices, but some can correct them, others stick in the mud and remain diehard. ERIK PEVERNAGIE Since we live in a world of appearances, people are judged by what they seem to be. If the mind can'... ERIK PEVERNAGIE Definitions and meanings change all the time. Truth and reality are very volatile, indefinite, multi... ERIK PEVERNAGIE Love is like a musical score, sometimes very tuneful, creating a harmony of sounds, sometimes extrem... ERIK PEVERNAGIE Some fail to bear in mind that everyone is sentenced to death. Death is a treacherous virus that str... ERIK PEVERNAGIE Some people think it's a law that when productivity goes up, everybody benefits. There is no eco... ERIK BRYNJOLFSSON My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let m... ERIK ESTRADA There is in every child at every stage a new miracle of vigorous unfolding, which constitutes a new ... ERIK ERIKSON The power of social media is it forces necessary change. ERIK QUALMAN It had not yet been named Silicon Valley, but you had the defense industry, you had Hewlett-Packard.... ERIK QUALMAN The toilet from time to time imparted to the boat the scent of a cholera hospital and could be flush... ERIK LARSON My inspiration to do comedy came from many places. Saturday mornings, I would watch Bob Hope and Jer... ERIK GRIFFIN The Lusitania is important, of course, because this is where Germany began its maritime campaign usi... ERIK LARSON In 1933, the Gestapo was founded to become - to be a secret police agency to keep tabs on political ... ERIK LARSON Whenever I finish a book, I start with a blank slate and never have ideas lined up. ERIK LARSON To solve the problems of today, we must focus on tomorrow. ERIK NUPPONEN Since I joined Congress, I've been shocked at how many times we were forced to vote on 1,000-plu... ERIK PAULSEN I've really tried to strip my writing of as many adjectives and adverbs as I possibly can. ERIK LARSON With the growing reliance on social media, we no longer search for news, or the products and service... ERIK QUALMAN I went to public school on Long Island, and it seemed every year we were being taught that you had a... ERIK LARSON Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death. ERIK ERIKSON My new passion is to get Internet education mandated in all schools. We've got to start teaching... ERIK ESTRADA The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others. ERIK ERIKSON As a rule, I am very skeptical of tying books to anniversaries. I don't think readers care. I al... ERIK LARSON When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we l... ERIK ERIKSON You see a child play, and it is so close to seeing an artist paint, for in play a child says things ... ERIK ERIKSON In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of ident... ERIK ERIKSON I have found from experience that it is often interesting and useful to start from the edges and wor... ERIK LARSON