Members Quotes - Page 29

• We thought being offered the M.B.E. [Member of the Order of the British Empire] was as funny as everybody else thought it was. Why? What for? We didn't believe it. It was a part we didn't want. We all met and agreed it was daft.

  John Lennon

  Music, Believe, Order

  "The Beatles". Book by Hunter Davies, 1968.

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• Dan Moldea, the lead investigator for Larry Flynt's ongoing quest to uncover sexual indiscretions of Republican congressional members, has now admitted he was hired by the law firm defending President Clinton.

  Jerry Falwell

  Religious, Humor, Law

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• That public virtue which among the ancients was denominated patriotism, is derived from a strong sense of our own interest in the preservation and prosperity of the free government of which we are members. Such a sentiment, which had rendered the legions of the republic almost invincible, could make but a very feeble impression on the mercenary servants of a despotic prince; and it became necessary to supply that defect by other motives, of a different, but not less forcible nature; honour and religion.

  Edward Gibbon

  Strong, Government, History

  Edward Gibbon (2009). “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edited and Abridged): Abridged Edition”, p.15, Modern Library

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• One citizen differs from another, but the salvation of the community is the common business of them all. This community is the constitution; the virtue of the citizen must therefore be relative to the constitution of which he is a member.

  Aristotle

  Community, Citizens, Common

  Aristotle (2016). “Politics”, p.84, Aristotle

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• The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the common interest; but governments which rule with a view to the private interest, whether of the one or of the few, or of the many, are perversions. For the members of a state, if they are truly citizens, ought to participate in its advantages.

  Aristotle

  Views, Government, Citizens

  Aristotle, Stephen Everson (1996). “Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens”, p.71, Cambridge University Press

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• That one woman is both mother and virgin, not in spirit only but even in body. In spirit she is mother, not of our head, who is our Savior himself-of whom all, even she herself, are rightly called children of the bridegroom-but plainly she is the mother of us who are his members, because by love she has cooperated so that the faithful, who are the members of that head, might be born in the Church. In body, indeed, she is the Mother of that very head.

  Saint Augustine

  Mother, Religious, Children

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• ... Member Countries shall take necessary action and/or shall establish negotiations, individually or in groups, with the oil companies with a view to adopting ways and means to offset any adverse effects on the per barrel real income of Member Countries resulting from the international monetary developments as of 15th August 1971.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Country, Real, Mean

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• This is the heritage of Catholic education ... one which those who went to Catholic schools always recognize in each other, members of a secret society who, when they meet, huddle together, temporarily at truce with the rest of the world, while they cautiously, untrustingly, lick each other's wounds.

  Sonia Orwell

  School, Catholic, Secret

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• The Lesbian is one of the least known members of our culture. Less is known about her - and less accurately - than about the Newfoundland dog.

  Sidney Abbott

  Dog, Culture, Sexuality

  Sidney Abbott, Barbara Love (1978). “Sappho was a right-on woman: a liberated view of lesbianism”, Scarborough House

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• Every member of my family was displaced by Katrina.

  Donna Brazile

  My Family, Katrina

  "Brazile: Bush came through on Katrina". www.cnn.com. April 25, 2013.

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• Democracy has at least one merit, namely that a Member of Parliament cannot be stupider than his constituents, for the more stupid he is, the more stupid they were to elect him.

  Bertrand Russell

  Stupid, Democracies Have, Democracy

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Autobiography”, p.66, Routledge

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• Actually I'd had a certain amount of experience in Europe in the inter-war period, as a banker, and I was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Commerce.

  W. Averell Harriman

  War, Europe, Bankers

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• Just because someone's a member of an ethnic minority doesn't mean they're not a nasty small-minded little jerk [...]

  Terry Pratchett

  Mean, Minorities, Littles

  Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett (2008). “The Wit And Wisdom Of Discworld”, p.158, Random House

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• For members of a traditional society where many traditions have been discredited, an interest in modernity can result in a restless sophistication. Mehmet Ertegun seems not to have been a restless man.

  George W. S. Trow

  Men, Tradition, Restless

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• I am not a member of Fat Liberation, nor do I think that obesity is healthy. But I do believe that in many ways my life has been a more charmed and happy one because I was always large.

  Maeve Binchy

  Believe, Thinking, Healthy

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• We need to have profound compassion for the people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life, and sexual identity disorders. This is a very real issue. It's not funny, it's sad. Any of you who have members of your family that are in the lifestyle-we have a member of our family that is. This is not funny. It's a very sad life. It's part of Satan, I think, to say this is gay. It's anything but gay.

  Michele Bachmann

  Real, Gay, Thinking

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• The business changes. The technology changes. The team changes. The team members change. The problem isn't change, per se, because change is going to happen; the problem, rather, is the inability to cope with change when it comes.

  Kent Beck

  Team, Technology, Inability

  Kent Beck (2000). “Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change”, p.28, Addison-Wesley Professional

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• Maintain perfect harmony between yourself and every member of your mastermind group. If you fail to carry out this instruction to the letter, you may expect to meet with failure. The master mind principle cannot obtain where perfect harmony does not prevail.

  Napoleon Hill

  Perfect, Mind, Letters

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• We in the Senate refer to Sen. Gillibrand as the hottest member.

  Harry Reid

  Hottest, Senate

  "Reid calls Gillibrand the 'hottest' member at fundraiser". Remarks during a fundraiser for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, www.politico.com. September 20, 2010.

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• The main difference between the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution was that the former was mostly the work of Communist party members and others who wanted to bring about 'socialism with a human face.'

  Adam Michnik

  Spring, Party, Differences

  "Rattling the Kremlin's cage: 40 years on" by Adam Michnik, www.theguardian.com. August 15, 2008.

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• There are two keys to productive missionary work -- (1) family-to-family friendshipping (when a member family shares the gospel with a nonmember family) and (2) cooperation between members and the missionaries to reach people...Every member knows of nonmembers he or she can refer to the missionaries. Every father, mother, and youth in this church should share the gospel by giving a Book of Mormon, telling the account of the Prophet Joseph Smith, or inviting our acquaintances to a special meeting.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Mother, Father, Book

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• Not all G8 members take the view that chemical weapons were in fact used by the Syrian Army. Some actually agree with us that there is no proof.

  Vladimir Putin

  Army, Views, Facts

  "G8 summit - day two: Politics live blog" by Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2013.

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• I’m not a writing group member, not a joiner in that way. I don’t seek a wide swath of feedback.

  Claire Messud

  Writing, Groups, Way

  "Claire Messud and Robin Desser". Interview with Robin Desser, www.slate.com. May 3, 2013.

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• Millions of Americans are struggling to pay their mortgages. They have a right to know whether members of Congress receive sweetheart deals in order to pay for theirs.

  Jeb Hensarling

  Struggle, Order, Pay

  "Senate Submerged in Mortgage Scandal". "Hannity&Colmes" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. June 18, 2008.

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• I'm one of the top 2 or 3 or 4 most conservative members in the House of Representatives when it comes to economics.

  Jeb Hensarling

  House, Conservative, Economics

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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