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" There are people with an explicit political bent complaining about people having political agendas while nominating stories with political agendas. Is it political to try to be diverse? Is it political to try to imagine a non-heteronormative society? Yes, because it involves politics. But how do they expect us to not write about our lives? "

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" Gender used to be a barrier for women to overcome if they wanted to be in politics, but today in Taiwan the situation is somewhat different. I think there is even a preference for a woman candidate, and in local elections, we have seen that younger, better-educated female candidates are overwhelmingly preferred by the voters. "

" The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other. "

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" Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics. "

" A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money. "

" I haven't been very active in politics. "

" I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer. "

" The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime. "

Chuck Palahniuk

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" My three years in politics was very instructive about the way in which the appetite for political power can destroy a human mind, destroy principles and values, and transform people into little monsters. "

" In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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" What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics. "

" A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot. "

" Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good. "

" I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day. "

" The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking. "

" Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. "

" Oh, that lovely title, ex-president. "

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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" War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. "

" Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political act. "

" All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats. "

" Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out. "

" Politics in America is like stale bread. It's so yada yada that the best among us can hardly stand it. "

Marianne Williamson

" A week is a long time in politics. "

" There are those who would draw a sharp line between power politics and a principled foreign policy based on values. This polarized view - you are either a realist or devoted to norms and values - may be just fine in academic debate, but it is a disaster for American foreign policy. American values are universal. "

" The fossil fuel industry commands outsize sway over U.S. politics, markets, and democracy. I knew these companies were formidable, but when I served on the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, I got a close up view of how the industry disregards government safeguards. "

" Women have more to prove than men when it comes to politics. "

Julie Nixon Eisenhower

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Than

" In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. "

" The protest years were over, not just for me but for a whole generation, and in music, just like in politics, many of the greatest talents were dead or in exile, and their place was filled by third-rate imitators. "

" The artist can be above political parties, he can belong in a political party, he can act in politics. "

" Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. "