“I'm beginning to think [Ted] Cruz had a good convention, that if [Donald] Trump goes down, Cruz is pretty well positioned to be the Republican major figure in four, six or even within two years.” IfsThinkingYearsWellsTwoFourFiguresTrumpRepublicanSixMajorsTwo YearsConventionsCruz Author:David Brooks
“The truth is that our democracy is a work in progress. We are all its founders. We are all learning that we are linked and not ranked.” DemocracyProgressTruth IsFoundersLinkedWork In Progress Author:Amy Richards
“I do think economic and social anxiety is the number one issue. And I'm pretty confident Hillary Clinton will be really riding that train pretty hard.” ThinkingHardSocialNumbersIssuesEconomicAnxietyTrainClintonRidingSocial Anxiety Author:David Brooks
“We are linked and not ranked. Ever butty is equal, everyone is the same.” EqualLinked Author:Amy Richards
“If there is a series of attacks like that or, God forbid, if ISIS is really sending soldiers across Europe and maybe across the world for a barrage of these things, then the political climate is revolutionized here. And maybe the [Donald] Trump speech will look like a precursor to a climate that we're all about to walk into.” IfsWorldLooksPoliticalWalksTrumpSpeechEuropeSeriesClimateSoldierIsisPrecursor Author:David Brooks
“The pain itself is a product or a reflection of how I am interpreting whatever it is that is causing me pain.” PainProductsReflectionInterpreting Author:Marianne Williamson
“The pattern of American presidential elections is that the more optimistic candidate, whether it's John Kennedy and let's get America moving again, Ronald Reagan, it's morning in America, or Barack Obama, yes, we can, always wins, or nearly always wins.” AmericaMovingWinningMorningElectionPatternsOptimisticBarackPresidentialCandidatesPresidential ElectionAmerican PresidentJohn KennedyYes We Can Author:Mark Shields
“Some pain is simply the normal grief of human existence. That is pain that I try to make room for.” TryingHumansPainRoomsGriefExistenceNormalHuman Existence Author:Marianne Williamson
“I honor my grief. I try to be kinder to myself. I give myself time to move through and to process whatever is making me sad.” GivingTryingMovingProcessGriefHonorKinder Author:Marianne Williamson
“Donald Trump is writing a different theme, which is it's midnight in America and that things are bad, and they're bleak, and they're gloomy and they're doomy, and the only thing that is going to save you is someone with the authority and power of somebody like me.” WritingDifferentAmericaTrumpAuthorityLike MeThemeMidnightGloomyBleakAuthority And Power Author:Mark Shields