An election marks the end of the affair; it puts paid to the seduction of the many by … - Anna Quindlen

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God will not make you do something you don't want to do - He will just make you wish you had.

Anna Quindlen

An election marks the end of the affair; it puts paid to the seduction of the many by the few. Pretty words, fulsome promises. We wind up married, but to whom, to what? We cannot always predict with certainty the future leader from the winning candidate. Some men grow in the job; others are diminished by its demands and its grandeur.

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I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that this is not a dress rehersal, and that today is the only guarantee you get.

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