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In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#base #building #campaign #goal #grass-roots

Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#chances #fought #grounds #others #principle

They plan to ride into the White House on the Sweet Talk Express. Well, think again. Bush and Cheney are not compassionate conservatives. They are ruthless reactionaries. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#bush #cheney #compassionate #conservatives #express

Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put forth a positive agenda of what women need and want and then move forward toward that dream. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

#agenda #also #attack #bit #called

So nevertheless, what I'm saying is that what one is - one's parameters are constantly narrowed by one's success, and my desire is to widen my field even if I risk failure. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#desire #even #failure #field #i

So the better my partner or my opposition, however you like to think about it, the better my game. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#better #game #however #like #opposition

The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you're always asked to do what you've already done. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#already #always #any #asked #business

I get along great with directors, but I think some producers would tell you I'm a pain. They may say I'm tough to work with, but I have a great passion for what I do. I believe in fighting for it. ↗

— Amy Irving

#believe #directors #fighting #get #great

And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone. ↗

— John Irving

#any #being #being alone #better #capacity

I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with. ↗

— John Irving

#console #fact #how #i #in fact