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" I - you know, I loved politics more as a younger man. "
Rob Lowe
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" I like the tradition of ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances and how they react to events which force them to be heroic in a way that is not in their natures. "
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" I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics. "
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" If I'm lucky enough to be involved in the Academy Awards in the future, I'll just let people make up their decision without being involved in any politics. Because it shouldn't involve that. "
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" You begin to realize that hypocrisy is not a terrible thing when you see what overt fascism is compared to sort of covert, you know, communal politics which the Congress has never been shy of indulging in. "
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" Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity. "
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" When I got sober, that was 1990. "
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" The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age. "
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" Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. "
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" Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist. "
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" When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants. "
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" Tom Ford, who is my all-time favourite, once said to me, 'Here's the thing about dress shirts, Rob. You need white, and you need black.' 'What about blue,' I asked. He said, 'Have you ever seen Cary Grant in a blue dress shirt?' "
Rob Lowe
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Need
" I don't like politicians, and I don't like politics. I definitely don't want to be associated with any of them. "
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" Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. "
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" There might be some serious fun in politics. "
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" Politics is in a crisis because it's separated from our deep humanity. "
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" I would've loved Jack Kennedy. I would've loved to have campaigned for him and supported him. I wish there were more like him today. "
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" In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge. "
Tony Blair
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" It always seemed to me ironic that the McCain campaign kept referring sneeringly to Obama's meager resume - 'a mere community organizer!' - before he entered electoral politics. It was Obama's experience as a community organizer that proved such a killer app when he applied that skill to the Internet. "
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" I didn't come up through the ranks of the conservative movement... I came to these revelations about my own personal politics in a realm in which those books, those ideas, the canon of conservatism, is nonexistent. "
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" The 1935 Social Security Act established 65 as the age of eligibility for payouts. But welfare state politics quickly becomes a bidding war, enriching the menu of benefits, so in 1956 Congress entitled women to collect benefits at 62, extending the entitlement to men in 1961. "
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Vladimir Lenin
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" We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually. "
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" Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole. "
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" I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. "
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" I'm very concerned about the tone of politics in recent years. We've seen a decline in civility and bipartisanship, and a rapid increase in hostility between those who have differing opinions. I think this has led to the alienation of the public in governance, which jeopardizes democratic participation. "
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