“Because the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town. You can save face but you won't ever save your soul. And that's a fact.” SoulFactsFacesTruth IsTownsYour SoulGossip Author:Conor Oberst
“I have been in Washington for a while now, and most things don't surprise me. The fact that twenty 6-year-olds were gunned down in the most violent fashion possible and this town couldn't do anything about it was stunning to me.” YearsHas BeensFactsPoliticalPoliticsCommunityLeadershipPartyViolenceFashionPolicyEthicsTwentiesTownsSurpriseViolentPolitical PartiesStunningSurprise MePartisanship Author:Barack Obama
“There is something inexpressibly beautiful in the unused day, something beautiful in the fact that it is still untouched, unsoiled; and town and country share alike in this loveliness.” StillsCountryFactsBeautifulShareTownsSomething BeautifulLoveliness Author:Margaret E. Barber
“I don't know if I have a legacy, but I will say that I'm proud of the fact that I'm from a small town in a small state and I've had more than a small impact.” IfsKnowsStatesFactsProudTownsImpactLegacySmall Town Author:Tinker Hatfield
“I loved the city, so the feeling in 2001 [election] first was shock, then (I was) nervous, then scared but then it's - I really wasn't happy and ecstatic like I thought I (would be). I was immediately hit with the enormity of the responsibility and the fact that most people in that town - particularly those that voted for me were placing their hopes and dreams in me. That is a big, big stressful place to be.” PeopleFirstsFactsFeelingsDreamBigsWould BeCitiesResponsibilityTownsElectionScaredNervousShockStressfulEcstaticHopes And Dreams Author:Kwame Kilpatrick
“Trains are wonderful.... To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers, in fact, to see life.” HumansFactsChurchHuman BeingsWonderfulRiversTownsTrain Book:Agatha Christie: An Autobiography Source: Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
“The fact that my students could be in a little college in a little college town on the coast of Rhode Island, and be connecting in other countries with other people, did open them up and empower them and their sense of being. Whether it affected their writing, it's hard to tell.” PeopleWritingLittlesCountryHardFactsStudentsCollegeTownsIslandsEmpoweringAffectedOther CountriesCoastConnectingRhode Island Author:Adam Braver
“I'm part German and part Irish. In fact, there's even a town in Germany that was named after my family, Limbach or so forth. And I don't know. I might even have some Indian blood in there.” KnowsFactsMightBloodMy FamilyTownsIndianGermany Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If you went to all those little towns in America, JPMorgan was there in good times and bad times, and, in fact, helped a lot of people through the tough times. And we know that's when they need us the most.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsLittlesFactsAmericaToughTownsGood TimesTough TimesBad TimesLittle TownsGood Times And Bad Times Author:Jamie Dimon
“The Supreme Court nominations [example]. I mean, the fact that Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Republicans, was able to just stop a nomination almost a year before the next election and really not pay a political price for it, that's a sign that the incentives for politicians in this town to be so sharply partisan have gotten so outta hand that we're weakening ourselves.” YearsMeanFactsHandsAblePoliticalNextPayLeaderExamplePoliticianRepublicanTownsElectionCourtSupremeSupreme CourtIncentivesPartisansNominationsWeakening Author:Barack Obama
“President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we think we married above ourselves.” ThinkingFactsPresidentBornCommonMarriedTownsFortunateSmall TownJohnsonPresident Johnson Author:Richard M. Nixon
“In the past, it was possible to destroy a village, a town, a region, even a country. Now it is the whole planet that has come under threat. This fact should compel everyone to face a basic moral consideration; from now on, it is only through a conscious choice and then deliberate policy that humanity will survive.” ShouldCountryWholeFactsPastFacesHumanityChoicesInspiringMoralPolicyPlanetsConsciousTownsThreatConsiderationRegionsVillageDeliberate Book:The Far East Journey of Peace and Brotherhood Source: The Far East Journey of Peace and Brotherhood