#ironical

The beginning of my political career was not promising. I ran for junior class president at Shortridge High school and was runner up. I ran again in the senior year with the same result. But opportunity came ironically, or fortunately, when I returned to Indianapolis after serving in the Navy. ↗

— Richard Lugar

#again #beginning #came #career #class

Ironically, being a coach on 'The Voice' and spending time with those kids, Xenia and Dia especially, I learned a lot about myself. It reminded me how lucky I am that this happened for me, and it kind of lit the spark inside me again for my love of music. ↗

— Blake Shelton

#again #am #being #coach #especially

President Jimmy Carter was a citizen soldier. Ironically, he was considered weak because he didn't kill anybody and he didn't get anyone killed. ↗

— Andrew Young

#anyone #because #carter #citizen #considered

At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. ↗

— Seamus Heaney

#authority #avoidance #figure #habit #home

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it. ↗

— Carolyn Heilbrun

#acquire #always #criticized #had #ironically

Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#believe #celebrities #celebrity #comfortably #committing

Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time! ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#bit #children #find #free #free time

Ironically, tendency to ignore inconvenient facts and unwelcome evidence is actually President Reagan's true legacy, as I noted in 'The Nation' back in 2000, before the current right-wing mania for President Reagan gained its full force. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#back #before #current #evidence #facts

Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great prophets of the past. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#appealed #fact #first #first thing #great

Depriving yourself will, ironically enough, lead to rebelling and weight gain. ↗

— Bethenny Frankel

#enough #gain #ironically #lead #rebelling