#wash

I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#being #bob #carter #first #first time

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington. ↗

— Bill Moyers

#first time #history #hold #ideology #monopoly

So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist himself. But the President of the United States doesn't control everything that happens in Washington. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#control #environmentalist #everything #happens #himself

Washington is still very much a male-oriented culture. Being from Los Angeles, I think it is less so there - there is less attachment to tradition, perhaps, there is more flexibility, more acceptance of change generally. That is partly because of Hollywood. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#angeles #attachment #because #being #change

Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#essence #great #great ideas #hogwash #ideas

The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#basically #behalf #consumers #corporate #designed

So I applied to medical school and received a scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University turned out to be a lucky choice. The faculty was scholarly and dedicated and accessible to students. ↗

— Daniel Nathans

#applied #choice #dedicated #faculty #i

Development does not take place in Washington, DC. Development takes place in the rest of the world. ↗

— Andrew Natsios

#development #does #place #rest #take

When George Washington was elected president, there was no national vote. ↗

— Ben Nelson

#george #george washington #national #president #vote

I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called 'Jews'? Because we come from Judea. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#accusing #america #because #british #called