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“Being the World’s Most Powerful Leader is Easier Than You Think
One of my first executive orders was to impose a moratorium on any new federal government hiring. That got the “Incredible Shrinking Government” meal simmering. Veto stamps branded into any Congressional salary increase proposal added a certain singed aroma.”
― Nancy Omeara, The Most Popular President Who Ever Lived [So Far]

tags: female-presidents, governed, government, imaginative, leadership, politicians, practical, succinct, unique

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“A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees morality in fixed formulas about good and evil.”
― Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

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“He sounds like a politician running for office.”
― March Lions, The Last Sunset

tags: action-packed, alien-invasion, alien-spacecraft, aliens, compelling, earth, fast-paced, galaxy, humans, struggles

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“Jesus Christ," Jimmy breathed, meeting the future by turning to the ancient past.”
― Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow

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“I sometimes longed for someone who, like me, had not adjusted perfectly with his age, and such a person was hard to find; but I soon discovered cats, in which I could imagine a condition like mine, and books, where I found it quite often.”
― Julio Cortázar, Around the Day in Eighty Worlds

tags: cats, reading

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