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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.”

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Jeb Hensarling is an American politician who has served as a United States Representative from Texas. Born on May 29, 1957, he has been active in politics for several decades, championing conservative policies and fiscal responsibility. more

“I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would, of course, still be closeted but that I would work very hard for gay rights. It would be totally dishonorable, being gay, not to do that. So I had that as kind of a secondary agenda.”

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Author:Barney Frank

“I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.”

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Author:Barney Frank

“The fact that theyre a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to that group than the fact that its National Pickle Month should make them eat more pickles.”

People Giving Should Facts Groups Months Incline Pickles

Author:Barney Frank

“Nature is satisfied with little; and if she is, I am also.”

Ifs Littles Satisfied

Author:Baruch Spinoza

“Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens.”

Evil Causes Omen

Author:Baruch Spinoza

“The less the mind understands and the more things it perceives, the greater its power of feigning is; and the more things it understands, the more that power is diminished.”

Mind Greater Perceive Feigning

Author:Baruch Spinoza

“I make this chief distinction between religion and superstition, that the latter is founded on ignorance, the former on knowledge.”

Ignorance Chiefs Former Distinction Latter Superstitions

Book:Letters to Friend and Foe

Source: Letters to Friend and Foe

“After experience had taught me that all the usual surroundings of social life are vain and futile; seeing that none of the objects of my fears contained in themselves anything either good or bad, except in so far as the mind is affected by them, I finally resolved to inquire whether there might be some real good having power to communicate itself, which would affect the mind singly, to the exclusion of all else: whether, in fact, there might be anything of which the discovery and attainment would enable me to enjoy continuous, supreme, and unending happiness.”

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Book:How to Improve Your Mind

Source: How to Improve Your Mind

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