Carter Quotes - Page 3

• Bless you, daugher of man," Carter said, his eyes luminous and almost silver now. He leaned down and kissed my forehead. I closed my eyes and caught my breath. His lips were both burning hot and icy cold.

  Richelle Mead

  Eye, Men, Hot

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• We can’t make a portal—” “We’ve got a flying boat,” Carter offered.

  Rick Riordan

  Flying, Portal, Boat

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• How do you have five children in a row, each on a different say?” “They’re gods,” Carter said. “They can do stuff like that.

  Rick Riordan

  Children, Different, Stuff

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• More and more, Democrats are starting to worry they that they have a more um, colorful version of Jimmy Carter on their hands. Obama acts cool as a proverbial cucumber but that awful '70s show seems frightfully close to a rerun.

  Eric Alterman

  Hands, Worry, Reruns

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• Ever since John Kennedy, Democrats have had a weakness for dashing younger men like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and, I suppose, Jimmy Carter. They balance their tickets with senior statesmen - Lyndon Johnson, Joe Biden, Walter Mondale. (Al Gore was young but played ancient).

  Joe Klein

  Senior, Men, Balance

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• Reagan won because he was real. He believed in America. He told people he was gonna make it great again coming out of a disastrous four years of Jimmy Carter and Watergate before that.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Real, Years, America

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• It's possible that the 2012 general-election race will be the least overtly religious one since 1972, the last campaign before Roe v. Wade and the rise of Jimmy Carter brought evangelicalism into the political mainstream. That's because faith remains a complicated issue for Obama, who is still wrongly thought to be a Muslim in some quarters.

  Jon Meacham

  Religious, Race, Issues

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• When you say 'failure,' that seems really dramatic, but a lot of failure is just really depressing and mundane. I remember the first time I ever played a concert in Italy. I played a venue that held 900 people, and I think five people showed up. It wasn't a big, 'John Carter of Mars' type failure. It wasn't dramatic; it was just depressing.

  Moby

  Depressing, Thinking, People

  "Moby takes sober look at his life as a musician". Interview With Allison Stewart, articles.chicagotribune.com. June 13, 2013.

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• When it comes to jobs, President Obama makes the Jimmy Carter years look like good old days. If we fired Jimmy Carter then, why would we rehire Barack Obama now?

  Paul Ryan

  Jobs, Years, President

  "Democratic National Convention Coverage; "Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?". Live Coverage of Obama's Speech in Norfolk, Virginia, edition.cnn.com. September 4, 2012.

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• Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost.

  Mort Sahl

  Demise, Lost, Ran

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• I'm an advocate for gay marriage. I have more gay friends than Carter has pills.

  Patti Stanger

  Gay, Pills, Gay Marriage

  "Patti Stanger Makes More Anti-Gay Comments on 'Joy Behar' Show" by Lindsay Powers, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 27, 2011.

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• In Plains, I saw Jimmy Carter as he really is - a nice, decent man... in terms of compassionate contribution to society, he certainly has proven to be our best past president.

  Helen Thomas

  Nice, Past, Men

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• One of the best things that came out of the Carter administration was the energy policy. The best things in it were renewable energy.

  Stewart Udall

  Energy, Administration, Policy

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• I don't hold on to fear as much as I used to, because I've learned a lot about genuinely not caring what strangers think about me. It's very liberating. It's very empowering, and I've learned a lot of that from Jay-Shawn Carter-Z, because his approach to life is very internal. It's a very good lesson to learn.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Funny, Caring, Thinking

  "Gwyneth Paltrow On Jay-Z:‘I’ve Learned A Lot’ From The Rapper" by Erin Clements, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 11, 2013.

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• In the years just before... during the Carter years, the Soviets regularly violated, if you will, both the spirit and theletter of arms control agreements, I think, that they had negotiated during the period of detente.

  Jeane Kirkpatrick

  Thinking, Agreement, Years

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• Obama, like Carter, is reacting to warning signs by seeking to split the difference between dispirited Democrats and increasingly radicalized Republicans.

  Eric Alterman

  Differences, Warning, Splits

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• I would agree that President Carter didn't live up to the expectation we all had when he came in 1976. My husband and I were young idealists who worked on his campaign.

  Michele Bachmann

  Husband, Expectations, President

  "The Shuttle: Rep. Michele Bachmann". Interview with Daniel Libit, www.politico.com. June 13, 2008.

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• Very early on, you figure out that you put your self esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go.

  Helena Bonham Carter

  Self Esteem, Thinking, Hands

  "Helena Bonham Carter on Channeling Elizabeth Taylor for 'Burton and Taylor': 'I did feel something spiritual'". Interview with Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. October 15, 2013.

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• I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of the activism and the injection of working at the Carter Center, and in international affairs, and to some degree, domestic affairs, on energy conservation, on environment, and things of that kind.

  Jimmy Carter

  President, Energy, Degrees

  "Jimmy Carter: I Feel Like I'm 'Superior' to Other Ex-Presidents". Interview with Brian Williams, nation.foxnews.com. May 22, 2011.

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• The first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and I'm still skiing. So, we'll be skiing with some very close friends of the Carter Center letting them know what the Carter Center is doing around the world. We have programs in over 65 countries.

  Jimmy Carter

  Country, Years, Snow

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• John Carter was also one of our first recognizable superhumans and there is little doubt that his extraordinary physical feats inspired Superman's creators. Remember: before Superman could fly or turn back time, he was nothing less than an earthbound crime-fighting John Carter in tights.

  Junot Diaz

  Fighting, Doubt, Tights

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• Stylistically speaking, Barack Obama could hardly be further from Jimmy Carter if he really had been born in Kenya.

  Eric Alterman

  Kenya, Born, Barack

  "Obama's Awful '70's Show Echoes Carter" by Eric Alterman, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 25, 2011.

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• Without Jimmy Carter we might not have gotten Ronald Reagan, without Ronald Reagan there would probably still be a Soviet Union.

  Newt Gingrich

  Unions, Might, Soviet Union

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• I'm a political scientist and I study these things, and I know that economic problems, with the rising unemployment and inflation and low productivity and so forth, were a factor in that election, in that defeat of President Carter.

  Jeane Kirkpatrick

  Political, President, Unemployment

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• The Democrats never fight about who is more like Jimmy Carter.

  Marco Rubio

  Fighting, Democrat, Jimmy

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