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Jeff Melvoin Quotes

«The idea of an election is much more interesting to me than the election itself...The act of voting is in itself the defining moment.»
Author: Jeff Melvoin | Keywords: defining, election, voting
«Is love supposed to last throughout all time, or is it like trains changing at random stops. If I loved her, how could I leave her? If I felt that way then, how come I don't feel anything now?»
«I'm not judging people, I'm judging their actions. It's the same type of distinction that I try to apply to myself, to judge, but not be judgmental.»
Author: Jeff Melvoin | Keywords: judging, judgmental
«George Washington had a vision for this country. Was it three days of uninterrupted shopping?»
Author: Jeff Melvoin | Keywords: uninterrupted
«Rain usually makes me feel mellow. Curl up in the corner time, slow down, smell the furniture. Today it just makes me feel wet.»
Author: Jeff Melvoin | Keywords: curl up
«It's not your painting anymore. It stopped being your painting the moment that you finished it.»
Author: Jeff Melvoin
«The law is not so much carved in stone as it is written in water, flowing in and out with the tide.»
Author: Jeff Melvoin | Keywords: carved in stone, flowing
«Ed, we just witnessed a peaceful transition in government. Do you realize how miraculous that is?...Today, tiny Cicely, Alaska, stood up and put another W in the win category for democracy.»