#washington

I am re-reading Henry James as a change from history. I began with Daisy Miller, and I've just finished Washington Square. What a brilliant, painful book. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#began #book #brilliant #change #daisy

Washington is the only city in the world where you can go to a black-tie dinner and there at the foot of the table is a television set up to catch a press conference. ↗

— Hugh Newell Jacobsen

#city #conference #dinner #foot #go

Unavoidable circumstances prevent me from giving you ample written instructions. Such however as may be deemed necessary will be prepared and sent to you at the City of Washington in a very few days. ↗

— Anson Jones

#be prepared #circumstances #city #days #deemed

In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all. ↗

— David Baldacci

#after #area #bad #bad guys #every

I actually use a computer a lot. I have three computers that I use on a regular basis - one is on my desk top in my Washington office, another is at home, and I have my laptop that I use when I'm travelling. ↗

— Rick Boucher

#another #basis #computer #computers #desk

I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference. ↗

— Liz Carpenter

#difference #four #i #learned #make

But it was very hard for people to separate me out from Hillary Clinton. All their ads were Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John Edwards, and me. They said I was more liberal than these guys, and that if I went to Washington I'd be supporting their agenda. I found that extremely difficult to overcome. ↗

— Brad Carson

#agenda #clinton #difficult #edwards #extremely

When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons. ↗

— Adam Clymer

#book #came #chief #congressional #correspondent

Tonight, I concurred with President Bush when he stated that the decisions on future involvement of U.S. troops in Iraq should be left to the Pentagon and not politicians in Washington. ↗

— Howard Coble

#concurred #decisions #future #i #involvement

If you like Texas and you like our economy, I helped create all that and all those jobs and you will love it when David Dewhurst goes to Washington. ↗

— David Dewhurst

#david #economy #goes #helped #i