Harvey Fierstein Quotes
		
	
	
		
	
	
	
		I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Harvey Fierstein
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		'I can't get no satisfaction,' in political terms, has haunted Hungarian politics for 20 years.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Viktor Orban
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Samantha Bee
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				P. J. O'Rourke
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, today's Democratic leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator. And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers rather than liberators.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Zell Miller
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Larry J. Sabato
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		On the other side, I do believe that the rhetoric we are seeing from the Democrats today is unprecedented, is a new low in presidential politics and goes beyond political discourse and amounts to political hate speech.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ed Gillespie
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		The biggest misconception people have about me is that when they see how young I am, they think, 'Oh, this guy must have always wanted to be in politics; his parents must have been politically connected.' I'm a finance major and always intended to go into business.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Aaron Schock
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Zaha Hadid
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Anyone can die. Rule number one is don't get too attached to a character, anyone can go.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jack Huston
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Warren G. Harding
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I wanted to write a story about colonization and about Hawaii. I went to college right at the height of identity politics, and that's how I always read 'The Tempest,' for example.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Hanya Yanagihara
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				W. C. Fields
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
		
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		All they expected me to do was rip and read the wire 'leads,' without doing any original reporting. It was pretty basic, but gave me a taste of how to combine my love of politics and broadcasting.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Andrea Mitchell
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		As Putnam demonstrates, poorer, less-educated parents tend to believe that their primary task is getting their children to obey, as opposed to better-educated parents, who emphasize helping their children understand why they ought to obey a given rule. Reading, reasoning, and problem-solving with their parents help children develop the higher-order skills that make them better equipped to face the challenges of a fluid, complex world.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Benjamin E. Sasse
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Rainn Wilson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Stephen Covey
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Harvey Fierstein