Boss Tweed quotes
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“I don't care who does the electing, as long as I get to do the nominating.”
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“I don't care a straw for your newspaper articles, my constituents don't know how to read, but they can't help seeing them damned pictures.”
-- Boss TweedSource : "Article IV: An Episode in Municipal Government" by Charles F. Wingate, The North American Review (p. 150), July 1875.
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“As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?”
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“The appearance of the law must be upheld - especially when it's being broken.”
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“Stop them damn pictures! I don’t care what the papers write about me. My constituents can’t read. But, damn it, they can see the pictures!”
-- Boss Tweed
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“When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.”
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“The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.”
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Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.96, Penguin
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“It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.”
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“You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.”
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“When one door opens, so does another one.”
Source : Jim Henson, A.C.H. Smith (2014). “Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The Novelization”, p.105, BOOM! Studios
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Source : Michael A. Stackpole, Aaron Allston (2016). “The X-Wing Series: Star Wars Legends 10-Book Bundle: Rogue Squadron, Wedge's Gamble, The Krytos Trap, The Bacta War, Wraith Squadron ,Iron Fist, Solo Command, Isard's Revenge, Starfighters of Adumar, Mercy Kill”, p.1629, Del Rey
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