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“The Republicans I've been talking to have said, 'Oh, the public is cynical about indictments, they happen so often.' Well, that's whistling past the graveyard, because the average voter is only going to remember that one of the big Republican head honchos in Congress was indicted. They won't remember the name or position, but they'll remember it says Congress is corrupt and maybe the majority party is corrupt.”

Wells Said Bigs Happens Past Remember Names Party Talking Position Republican Majority Congress Average Corruption Voters Cynical Graveyard Whistling Indictment

Author:Larry Sabato

“For the past couple of years I was doing the party thing - going out a lot. But now I've turned 25, I feel I'm an adult.”

Feels Years Past Party Couple Adults Going Out

Author:Paris Hilton

“I learned that the hardest party to pull off successfully is Saturday night dinner. This meal is expected to be elaborate: appetizers, first course, dinner, dessert, and coffee. People arrive at 7:30 or 8 p.m. and stay for hours - definitely past my bedtime - and they all go home exhausted.”

People Firsts Home Past Night Courses Hours Party Dinner Expected Coffee Hardest Meals Exhausted Saturday Dessert Saturday Night Bedtime Appetizers

Author:Ina Garten

“All the political parties alike have their origins in past ideas and not in new ideas and none more conspicuously so than the Marxists .”

Ideas Past Political Party New Ideas Political Parties Marxist

Book:The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes: Essays in biography

Source: The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes: Essays in biography

“In France, for instance, I'm told that marriage is now frequently contracted in seven-year terms where either party may move on when their term is up. How shallow and how different from the Europe of the past.”

Years May Different Past Moving Term Party Europe Seven Instance France Shallow Seven Years

Author:Mitt Romney

“It is necessary to heal the wounds of the past If you are going to build your country and to have unity. I am working with people who fought me very bitterly before the elections. It was my responsibility as the man who is leading the majority party, my responsibility to heal the wounds of the past and to work with people who were my opponents.”

People Ifs Men Country Past Party Responsibility He Man Election Majority Unity Wounds Heal Opponents

Author:Nelson Mandela

“The complete emancipation of women from the ties which held them back in the past, during the ages of despotism and ignorance, is a basic aim of the Party and the Revolution. Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated.”

Age Past Party Half Ignorance Revolution Aim Educated Chains Ties Enlightened Our Society Saddam Hussein Liberated Despotism Emancipation One Half

Book:Social and Foreign Affairs in Iraq (Routledge Revivals)

Source: Social and Foreign Affairs in Iraq (Routledge Revivals)

“As past presidents of the Liberal Party, we deeply regret and are greatly saddened by the precipitate action by some party officers and members at the Manila Hotel.”

Action Past President Party Regret Members Hotel Officers Saddened Manila Liberal Party

Author:Florencio Abad

“Custom is the law of one description of fools, and fashion of another; but the two parties often clash--for precedent is the legislator of the first, and novelty of the last. Custom, therefore, looks to things that are past, and fashion to things that are present.”

Firsts Looks Two Lasts Past Law Party Fashion Fool Description Customs Novelty Clash Legislators Precedent

Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

“We still have many shortcomings and failures to fulfill the Party's demands, especially as regards the liquidation in some of our people of survivals of the accursed past in consciousness and conduct and the fulfillment of the demands of our Soviet ethics and military discipline.”

People Stills Past Party Consciousness Military Discipline Demand Survival Ethics Regard Fulfillment Soviet Shortcomings Military Discipline

Author:Filipp Golikov

“But who wants to hang aroundfrat guys ? I want to be with guys who have more on their minds than where the next keg party is. I want to be with guys who care about making this world a better place-the way Andrew does. I want to be with guys who know that what's important isn't the size of a girl's waistband but the size of her heart-like Andrew. I want to be with guys who are able to see past a girl's outward appearance, and into her soul-like Andrew.”

Source: Queen of Babble Bundle with Bonus Material

“Good government cannot be found on the bargain-counter. We have seen samples of bargain-counter government in the past when low tax rates were secured by increasing the bonded debt for current expenses or refusing to keep our institutions up to the standard in repairs, extensions, equipment, and accommodations. I refuse, and the Republican Party refuses, to endorse that method of sham and shoddy economy.”