The chance to be seen as a warm, witty guy is too good an opportunity for a politician to miss.
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Marianne Means (September 26, 1986) "I Just Flew In From The White House - And, Boy, Are My Arms Tired", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, p. A10.Robert Orben
Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.
King of England Edward VIII
I miss it enormously. I miss the buzz. I miss the adrenalin and I miss shouting into the microphone. I miss the atmosphere, I miss the camaraderie. But I don't miss it as much as I might have done, because I haven't had a total withdrawal.
Murray Walker
The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
Abba Eban
A man full of warm, speculative benevolence may wish his society otherwise constituted than he finds it, but a good patriot and a true politician always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition to preserve and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. Everything else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution.
Edmund Burke
"I do not want to miss a good chance of getting us a slice of this magnificent African cake."
Leopold II of Belgium
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