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When you're in elected office, you always have to operate under the assumption that you're in a dog fight for re-election. It's when you don't prepare for a tough battle, when you're caught flat-footed, that you're vulnerable.

Kevin Yoder

Thanks to my reading, I have never been caught flat-footed by any situation, never at a loss for how any problem has been addressed... It doesn't give me all the answers, but it lights what is often a dark path ahead. James Mattis

When you're in elected office, you always have to operate under the assumption that you're in a dog fight for re-election. It's when you don't prepare for a tough battle, when you're caught flat-footed, that you're vulnerable. Kevin Yoder

As authors, we're all trying to fight against obscurity and outside distractions, but it's a tough battle. Ryan Holiday

When you're in elected office, you always have to operate under the assumption that you're in a dog fight for re-election. It's when you don't prepare for a tough battle, when you're caught flat-footed, that you're vulnerable. Kevin Yoder

Hillary had never run for office before, but she decided to give it a try. She began her campaign the way she always does new things, by listening and and learning. And after a tough battle, New York elected her to the seat once held by another outsider, Robert Kennedy. William J. Clinton

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It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.

Dick Gregory

Thanks to my reading, I have never been caught flat-footed by any situation, never at a loss for how any problem has been addressed... It doesn't give me all the answers, but it lights what is often a dark path ahead.

James Mattis

When you're in elected office, you always have to operate under the assumption that you're in a dog fight for re-election. It's when you don't prepare for a tough battle, when you're caught flat-footed, that you're vulnerable.

Kevin Yoder

I get into this unfortunate thing when I'm touring for my books. I was in Spain, and the media asked me, 'Who's your favorite Spanish mystery writer?' I'm totally flat-footed. I feel that I'm under-read when it comes to foreign writers.

Michael Connelly

When I'm painting the picture, I'm really painting a picture. I may have a flat-footed technique, or something like that, but still, to me, the thrill, or the meat of the thing, is the actual painting. I don't get any thrill out of laying it out. Frank Stella

The fellows that I played with encouraged me to bunt and beat the ball out. I was anxious to make good and did as I was told. When I came to Brooklyn, I adopted an altogether different style of hitting. I stood flat-footed at the plate and slugged. That was my natural style. Zack Wheat

Scott Brown may be the last Republican to win a statewide fight in Massachusetts for a very long time. He caught the machine flat-footed in January 2010 when he out-hustled Martha Coakley and stole the Senate seat Ted Kennedy held all those years. And since then, the Democrats haven't lost a single statewide fight. Howie Carr

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If someone makes you feel wrong-footed, you're unlikely to find them witty.

Rosamund Pike

Photo Quote of It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.

It was an unwritten law that black comics were not permitted to work white nightclubs. You could sing and you could dance, but you couldn't stand flat-footed and talk; that was a no-no.

Dick Gregory

Apple's iTunes program was once the envy of the world. A combined digital music store and player, it could also sync your iPod. And it worked on both Mac and Windows. It was reasonably fast and very sure-footed.

Walt Mossberg

Thanks to my reading, I have never been caught flat-footed by any situation, never at a loss for how any problem has been addressed... It doesn't give me all the answers, but it lights what is often a dark path ahead.

James Mattis

When you're in elected office, you always have to operate under the assumption that you're in a dog fight for re-election. It's when you don't prepare for a tough battle, when you're caught flat-footed, that you're vulnerable. Kevin Yoder

I get into this unfortunate thing when I'm touring for my books. I was in Spain, and the media asked me, 'Who's your favorite Spanish mystery writer?' I'm totally flat-footed. I feel that I'm under-read when it comes to foreign writers. Michael Connelly

A parentologist is a person who writes a book about parenting that is very clear about answers to, 'How am I supposed to raise my child?' Some of these well-intentioned people may be a bit too sure-footed on the sometimes slippery slope of parenting. Clyde Edgerton

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For the son of immigrants to run for elected office, not even a generation after my parents got here, that's what makes America a great place.

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I didn't run for student council president. I don't see myself in any way in elected office. I love policy. I'm not particularly fond of politics.

Condoleezza Rice

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I didn't set out with the notion of running for elective office; it sort of grew over time. And I honestly at times questioned if progressive change can be effected through elected office.

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Few things give me more pride and hope for our future than when I see women, of all ages and backgrounds, in leadership roles. We need even more women in elected office, running businesses, and guiding organizations.

Jan Schakowsky

When you're in elected office, you always have to operate under the assumption that you're in a dog fight for re-election. It's when you don't prepare for a tough battle, when you're caught flat-footed, that you're vulnerable. Kevin Yoder

My decision to look seriously at elected office is grounded in a deep commitment to public service and my experience - both my own and that of my family - in finding just, practical, and bipartisan solutions to difficult challenges. Joseph P. Kennedy III

I don't hear a lot about elected officials that are men talking about whether they smile a lot. My dad was in elected office my entire life. I don't remember many smiles, and nobody commented about it. He was serious about his job, and so am I. Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

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Can we pray for the re-election of George Bush?

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I am running for re-election no matter who runs.

Charles B. Rangel

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I have to earn re-election. That's the way I see it.

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I think religion played a huge part in Bush's re-election.

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Voter suppression is at the very core of the Trump re-election strategy. Jason Kander

I'm up for re-election in 2014, and yes I do plan to run for re-election. Kay Hagan

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

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Curiosity is life. Assumption is death.

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The bad-boy label is just an assumption.

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You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise.

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I just operate on the assumption that all phone conversations are bugged.

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Society is based on the assumption that everyone is alike and no one is alive. Hugh Kingsmill

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You can't operate by hindsight.

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I operate by the seat of my pants.

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I own and operate a ferocious ego.

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I can operate in half-a-song format.

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I pretty much operate on adrenaline and ignorance. Johnny Knoxville

All business must have a social license to operate. Sharan Burrow

Learning how to operate a soul figures to take time. Timothy Leary

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If elected, I will win.

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I could never be elected.

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I've elected to age gracefully.

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My goal was never to get re-elected.

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A fool and his money are soon elected. Will Rogers

I don't think Obama will get re-elected. Jim DeMint

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I know how to prepare my head.

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In fair weather prepare for foul.

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I feel extremely vulnerable.

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I'm very emotional and vulnerable.

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Love is not love until love's vulnerable.

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If you get married, you become vulnerable.

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Every election is hectic.

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In an election, there are no kings.

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After one election comes many more.

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I don't think we'll win every election.

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I had my own battle tactics.

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Battle is an orgy of disorder.

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Pessimism never won any battle.

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I like to get in a battle I can win.

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My dog's a gentleman.

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I have a great office.

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I'm very tough.

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Losing is tough.

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