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“Today, because of the immediacy of the live TV appearance with the direct quote, the presidency seems hamstrung with governing by polls and turning the chief executive into an actor. And the world is his stage.”
― Front Row at the White House : My Life and Times
― Front Row at the White House : My Life and Times
“Anybody in public life is well aware of how important the judgments of the press are. I'm firmly convinced that if the good Lord had made the world today, he would have spent six days creating the heavens and earth and all the living creatures upon it. But on the seventh day, he would not have rested. He would have had to justify it to Helen Thomas. (Gerald Ford as quoted by Helen Thomas.)”
― Front Row at the White House : My Life and Times
― Front Row at the White House : My Life and Times
“You cannot criticize Israel in this country (USA) and survive”
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“Most people think of the mind as located in the head, but the latest findings in physiology suggest that the mind doesn't really dwell in the brain but travels the whole body on caravans of hormones and enzymes, busily making sense of the compound wonders we catalogue as touch, taste, smell, hearing, and vision.”
― Ayurveda - The A-Z Guide to Healing Techniques From Ancient India
― Ayurveda - The A-Z Guide to Healing Techniques From Ancient India
“Early on in Carter's presidential bid, I tried to cover a Bible study class that he taught in Plains, Georgia. All of the male reporters were allowed in, but when I tried to enter, a man standing at the door blocked my way and told me ladies were not allowed in. 'I'm no lady, I'm a reporter,' I told him, and he stepped aside for me.”
― Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President: Wit and Wisdom from the Front Row at the White House
― Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President: Wit and Wisdom from the Front Row at the White House
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