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The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign.

I am involved with politics today because of the inspiration I received from Ronald Reagan.

The gays like 'Project Runway' because it's a fashion, and the gays are into fashion and into design. It's a creative industry, and most of the gays are pretty creative, in general. That's just like the culture. We're not all into politics necessarily. We're more into the creative environment. I also think Heidi is a big draw. The boys love Heidi and think she's so fabulous. I just think it's a glitzy, fun show, and there are also always lots of gay boys on it, and, you know, that's fun.

There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art.

In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is.

With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.

Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto.

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.

Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election.

Politics is the conspiracy of the unproductive but organized against the productive but unorganized.

Writing is the continuation of politics by other means.

If the breaking news story had to do with hard news, politics specifically, I had a lot to do with it. If it had to do with music, Kurt Loder was more involved.

Gossip is easy, politics is hard.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

It's time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy.

To go from politics to news, at least the subject matter is the same, even if the view is different.

Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. 'Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn.

Politics as battle has given way to politics as spectacle.

I want to stay away from politics, or else I'll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth.

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore.