Midterms Quotes

• I'm not telling you it is going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

  Arthur L. Williams, Jr.

  Motivational, Tattoo, Workout

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• Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

  Robert Collier

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Robert Collier (2013). “Riches Within Your Reach”, p.188, Simon and Schuster

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• Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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  The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Everybody says not enough people vote. Now, I don't know nothing, but after the midterms, pretty obvious to me, that too many people vote.

  Will Durst

  People, Vote, Enough

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• The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.

  Deng Xiaoping

  Office, Political, President

  Said in 1983. "The Pacific Rim and the Western World: Strategic, Economic, and Cultural Perspectives". Book edited by Philip West, Frans A.M. Alting von Geusau, p. 105, 1987.

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• Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens that try to destroy it? Toby: God bless America.

  Aaron Sorkin

  Country, Night, America

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• I get to focus on something I love to do 24-hours a day rather than trying to squeeze it in between midterms, or even during my normal workday. When I was at Google it was like you wake up at 7 and then you get home by 7 and you start your second job of music. So now I get to focus all my efforts on music, travel and play shows and do all of this stuff. That's the difference - That's all my life is, all day.

  Hoodie Allen

  Jobs, Home, Play

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• All about midterm elections is turnouts. And turnout is measured by enthusiasm, intensity, how interested are people. And President Obama - candidate Obama had it on his side in 2008. The Democrats had it on their side in 2006. The enthusiasm, the intensity, the passion was all on their side.

  Mark Shields

  Passion, People, President

  "Shields and Brooks: Will Voters Think Democrats Have Gone Too Liberal?". "Newshour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. July 22, 2010.

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• I think that [Barack Obama] does say something that's - that is telling on that score, when he talks about the [George W.] Bush tax cuts and the swap he makes after the midterm elections, which is he doesn't agree with the Bush tax cuts.

  Ron Suskind

  Cutting, Thinking, Doe

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• The big news is the midterm elections. Last night Republicans picked up a dozen seats in the House to give them their biggest majority since World War II. Or as they put it, 'Time to party like it's 1939!'

  Jimmy Fallon

  War, Party, Night

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• Now that the midterm elections are over, President Obama has invited congressional leaders from both parties to a meeting at the White House tomorrow. When asked if he's nervous, Obama said, 'Oh, I'm not going to be there. I just invited them over. They can figure it out themselves.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Party, White, House

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• Tomorrow is Election Day. It's what they call the midterm elections, and you can cut the indifference with a knife. It's the day Americans leave work early and pretend to vote.

  David Letterman

  Cutting, Knives, Tomorrow

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• The Democrats were crushed in the midterm elections. The Republican juggernaut pounded the Democrats, and the pundits say they will not really know what happened to the Democrats until they find the black box.

  David Letterman

  Black, Juggernaut, Election

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• We thought New York City was home to 8 million rats. Turns out, that's a little high. The actual number is 2 million rats. That explains the light turnout for the midterm elections.

  David Letterman

  New York, Home, Light

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• In the midterm elections, a 102-year-old woman voted for the first time in a U.S. election. Unfortunately, she voted for Woodrow Wilson.

  Conan O'Brien

  Years, Firsts, Election

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• Kim Kardashian tweeted that she is supporting President Obama in the midterm elections. I think it worked because all of the polls are predicting that after tonight Barack Obama will still be president of the United States.

  Conan O'Brien

  Thinking, President, United States

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• President Obama and Vladimir Putin are both in China attending the same economic summit. Obama saw Putin and said, 'After those midterms, it's nice to finally see a friendly face.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Nice, Friendly, President

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• The Republican Party had a big day in yesterday's midterm elections and now controls the House and Senate. And don't ask me how this happened, but the Republican Party also gained control of three seats in our show's band.

  Conan O'Brien

  Party, Yesterday, House

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• You have to be involved during midterm elections, you have to care about what happens at a school board level.

  Barack Obama

  School, Boards, Levels

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• The Republican - conservative Republican answer has always been when we lose it's because we're not ideological enough. If they lose midterm elections, that's why. If Obama defeats McCain and then Mitt Romney, it's because those two Republican candidates were not ideological enough.

  Sam Tanenhaus

  Two, Answers, Conservative

  Source: www.npr.org

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• For those of us who have been disgruntled conservatives, who have watched the last successive tsunami at midterms and such, where Republicans were given majorities in both chambers and did little with it, this [Donald Trump win] was no surprise to us.

  Mary Matalin

  Winning, Lasts, Majority

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• I do think that all economies need a sense of fiscal discipline especially over the midterm and if you are in the middle of a debt crisis you can't borrow your way out of a debt crisis. That's logically impossible.

  Stephen Harper

  Thinking, Discipline, Needs

  Interview with Peter Mansbridge, www.theglobeandmail.com. June 5, 2012.

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• Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately.

  Nate Silver

  Election, Boring, Midterm Elections

  "NATE SILVER: As Tempting As It Would Be To 'Drop The Mic' And Leave A Winner, I'll Be Back In 2014 And 2016" by Walter Hickey, www.businessinsider.com. November 14, 2012.

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• It's often said that you learn more from defeat than victory and the RNC has certainly taken that to heart. After difficult losses in 2012, the RNC has made great strides in identifying the problem, outlining solutions, and implementing a strategy to turn things around. The RNC's outreach and communication with African Americans, Hispanic Americans, women, youth, and the faith-based community is working. We've already seen it pay off in the FL 13 congressional race and we will see that continue across the country in the 2014 midterms and in 2016.

  Alice Stewart

  Country, Communication, Taken

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