Campaigns Quotes - Page 11

• Every day, President Obama sends a beautiful message about how we should treat our women based on how he treats his wife. When people went after his wife during the campaign, he took a stand.

  Steve Harvey

  Beautiful, People, Wife

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• Most successful American politicians look well-fed on endorsements, campaign contributions and chicken dinners.

  Simon Hoggart

  Successful, Looks, Dinner

  "Young, skinny and a little anxious: The other side of the adored Barack Obama" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2008.

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• I know how to run a nationally paced campaign.

  Jesse Jackson

  Running, Know How, Knows

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• Beatbullying's 'The Big March 2012' is such a brilliant campaign and I am very proud to be a part of it. I have been a victim of cyber bullying myself and I know firsthand just how hurtful it can be. People think that they can hide behind computers and send nasty and hurtful comments to people, and this is wrong.

  Katherine Jenkins

  Bullying, Thinking, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I feel like there is this weird thing where celebrity involvement in political campaigns kind of goes together like peanut butter and chocolate. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad.

  Rashida Jones

  Political, Chocolate, Together

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• Growing up, politics never trickled down to the areas we come from. But people from Obama's camp, and Obama himself, reached out to me and asked for my help on the campaign. We've sat and had dinner, and we've spoken on the phone. He's a very sharp guy. Very charming. Very cool.

  Jay-Z

  Growing Up, Phones, People

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• Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Ideas, Magic, Speech

  "One year out: Obama's fall". Column, www.jewishworldreview.com. January 15, 2010.

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• When I ran for governor, was I ambitious? Yes. Anyone, male or female, who goes through the trials of a campaign must be ambitious.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Ambitious, Males, Female

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• Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Usual, Corporations, Individual

  "Occupy Congress" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2011.

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• America does not need another political campaign based on denial and avoidance of some of our real problems. It needs a crusade to reform and renew our country, its institutions and political system.

  Richard Lamm

  Country, Real, America

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• The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.

  C. S. Lewis

  Adversity, Years, Weather

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• We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original meaning of politics, which is positive and has to do with balancing competing interests and looking for solutions.

  Eric Liu

  Positive, Dirty, Naughty

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• I am honored to be here as co-chair of President Obama's re-election campaign.

  Eva Longoria

  President, Election, Chairs

  Eva Longoria DNC speech, www.politico.com. September 06, 2012.

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• President Obama's version of America is a divided one - pitting us against each other based on our income level, gender, and social status. His policies have failed! We are not better off than we were 4 years ago, and no rhetoric, bumper sticker, or campaign ad can change that.

  Mia Love

  Years, America, President

  "Convention speech highlights Mia Love’s GOP rise". Mia Love's speech during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, dailycaller.com. August 28, 2012.

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• Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself. I don't put it on a platform. I don't campaign about it. It's just something that works for me. It enabled me to really connect with another human being - my wife, Sheryl - which I was never able to do before.

  Rob Lowe

  Wife, Sobriety, Able

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• For a truly effective social campaign, a brand needs to embrace the first principles of marketing, which involves brand definition and consistent storytelling.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Marketing, Principles, Needs

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• More brands are waking up to their social responsibility and doing good work through cause marketing campaigns. Yet too many still go about it the wrong way. I mean 'wrong' in two senses. Firstly, they are marketing ineffectively, and secondly, as a consequence their positive social impact is not maximized.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Mean, Responsibility, Impact

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• There's an adage that is an apt description of the new dynamic at work between brands and consumers connected through social media: People support what they help to build. But now that many brands are launching community-driven cause marketing campaigns, the challenge becomes what to do next?

  Simon Mainwaring

  Media, People, Support

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• I fully expect to be able to complete one more campaign goal - and that is to proudly report that signs have been erected as you enter our great state that say 'Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia: Open for Business!'

  Joe Manchin

  Virginia, Goal, Able

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• I grew up in the South, in New Orleans, where guys torture you all the time. So I didn't really grow up on the self-esteem campaign. When you were lousy at something, they told you you were lousy, and they told you how to fix it.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Growing Up, Self Esteem, New Orleans

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• Don't fight the problem, decide it.

  George C. Marshall

  Fighting, Political, Problem

  "The Wise Men". Book by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas, 1986.

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• I was tired. I hadn't slept eight hours in two, three years. I lived on four, five hours of sleep. You can do it during a campaign because thousands are screaming for you. You're getting adrenaline shots each day. Then the campaign ends, and there are no more shots.

  George McGovern

  Tired, Sleep, Eight

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• I would not plan to base my campaign primarily on opposition to the war in the Persian Gulf.

  George McGovern

  War, Persian, Plans

  "As A New War Is Raging, Opposing Voices From The Past Sound Out Again; Mcgovern: 'I Am Ready' To Run" by Fox Butterfield, www.nytimes.com. January 25, 1991.

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• I'm constantly meeting people who said that they cast their first vote for me, or that they cut their eye teeth on the 1972 campaign, or that they didn't vote for me but admire my positions.

  George McGovern

  Eye, Cutting, People

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• Of all my false identities, the strategies in my campaign to be accepted, being a sworn Republican is the hardest to explain. In my later political life, I can only be described as a Kennedy Democrat, eager to pursue equitable treatment for the least fortunate.

  James McGreevey

  Political, Identity, Republican

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