Steny Hoyer Quotes
I think the American public has gone from really almost white-hot anger in 2010 to an anxiety knowing their government needs to work.
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Time is the ultimate long tail. Even with a big wad of money up front, if something sells forever, the back end is what ultimately counts.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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Even Colin Powell who was everywhere before he became secretary of state, just stopped going out. I think part of it was he didn't want to be viewed suspiciously by the other people in the White House who rarely go anywhere.
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Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.
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I cannot allow state government to continue to be consumed by this game of political 'gotcha.'
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I think the American public has gone from really almost white-hot anger in 2010 to an anxiety knowing their government needs to work.
