“It is always a disappointment to turn from forthright consideration of some subject - whether from the Left or the Right, a poet or a plumber - to the Beltway version, in which the only aspects of the issue that matter are the effects it will have on the fortunes of the two parties and the various men in power.” MenTwoMatterTurnsLeftPartyIssuesSubjectsEffectsPoetAspectFortuneDisappointmentVariousVersionsConsiderationPlumber Author:Thomas Frank
“In the struggle for supremacy the various political parties outdo each other in trickery, deceit, cunning, and shady machinations, confident that the one who succeeds is sure to be hailed by the majority as the victor. That is the only god--Success. As to what expense, what terrible cost to character, is of no moment.” MomentsCharacterPoliticalPoliticsPartyStruggleTerribleCostSucceedMajorityVariousDeceitExpensesPolitical PartiesCunningSupremacyShadyTrickery Book:Anarchism: Top Crime Collections Source: Anarchism: Top Crime Collections
“Liberalism is fundamentally an ideology of liberation that has throughout history risen in protest against the totalitarian and anti-human movements of various kinds, such as communism and nazism. It is therefore natural that the Progress Party with its liberal base once again stands first in the line and takes up the fight when a new fascist ideology as Islamism is spreading throughout the world.” WorldFirstsHumansKindFightingNaturalLinesPartyProgressMovementVariousIdeologyCommunismLiberationLiberalismProtestRisenFascistsNazism Author:Carl I. Hagen
“There's a certain kind of conversation you have from time to time at parties in New York about a new book. The word "banal" sometimes rears its by-now banal head; you say "underedited," I say "derivative." The conversation goes around and around various literary criticisms, and by the time it moves on one thing is clear: No one read the book; we just read the reviews.” KindBookSometimesMovingCertainPartyClearOne ThingNew YorkConversationCriticismVariousReviewsNew BooksLiterary CriticismDerivatives Author:Anna Quindlen
“August Smith is a child telling the truth. Sometimes the truth is he has to listen to the voices of various creatures he's killed speak to him reproachfully, and he shares that with us, because wouldn't we all? Parties abound in this collection and reading it feels like being invited. You can tell Smith wants you there.” WantFeelsChildrenSometimesReadingSpeakVoicePartyShareTruth IsCreaturesVariousCollectionsTelling The TruthInvitedAugust Author:Matthew Rohrer
“People are tired of the status quo. You see that in various movements in and out of our the Republicans party, but most candidates are offering hollow rhetoric, not specific solutions.” PeoplePartyMovementRepublicanSolutionsTiredVariousCandidatesOfferingRhetoricStatus QuoHollow Author:Carly Fiorina
“'Freeing' a literary work into the public domain is less a public benefit than a transfer of wealth from the families of American writers to the executives and stockholders of various businesses who will continue to profit from, for example, 'The Garden Party,' while the descendants of Katherine Mansfield will not.” WealthPartyExampleBenefitsGardenProfitVariousExecutivesDomainTransfersDescendantsAmerican WriterLiterary WorksPublic Domain Author:Mark Helprin
“I think when you're trying to get a film together that's had a long gustation process before I came on board and was trying to get financed in various stages, sometimes you're trying to make it more friendly to the financial interests or the commercial interests of various parties.” ThinkingTryingLongSometimesTogetherFilmProcessInterestPartyStageFinancialVariousBoardsFriendly Author:Todd Haynes
“We must see that regional imbalances in the growth of various parties of the country are removed and all the states progress evenly. We shall ensure that all citizens of the country get full opportunity to contribute their might towards India's progress.” CountryStatesMightOpportunityGrowthPartyProgressCitizensIndiaVariousImbalance Author:Rajiv Gandhi