![A dangerous thesis has taken hold among many in the GOP: that it might be better to lose the '06 election and re-group. In American history, when a faction in the majority party decides the party is tired and could benefit from some time in the wilderness, the voters usually oblige. Most recently, the latest issue of Washington Monthly includes a cover story [link] featuring seven such articles from prominent Republican strategists, insiders and commentators.](/assets/img/quote-photos/a-dangerous-thesis-has-taken-hold-among-many-in-the-gop-that-it-might-be-better.jpg)
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party two ambassadors
New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party. Carol Moseley Braun
party holiday air
Next year, I hope there will be even more parties, lots of holidays and just having a good time, really. Plus wing-walking, air shows and learning to fly, as they are all things I want to do. I won't be restricted by age. Carol Vorderman
party night years
I'm terrible as I never take my make-up off at night, which I know is really dreadful. Whenever I'm out partying I just can't be bothered and now I am on 'Loose Women' that tends to be all the time. I hope next year holds even more parties for me.
party technology computer
I love what I do, but I've got a life out of here. I like to spend time on the computer. I like technology. I like music. I like movies. I like to go out and party. I like my cigars, but I don't drink, and I do like to keep a low profile. Carlos Delgado
party views ideas
On many questions and specially in view of the marriage bed, the Puritans were the indulgent party, . . . they were much more Chestertonian than their adversaries. The idea that a Puritan was a repressed and repressive person would have astonished Sir Thomas More and Luther about equally. C. S. Lewis
party greed political
The party which is out sees nothing but graft and incapacity in the party which is in; and the party which is in sees nothing but greed and animosity in the party which is out. Agnes Repplier
party winning long
I want to be around when Newcastle win a trophy because I want to see this place lift off. It will be one hell of a party for a long time. Alan Shearer
party want ifs
If you want to have a great party at Wembley, don't invite the Germans.
party people needs
We need people like me in the Labour party. Alan Johnson
taken diversity childhood
Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity and liberal mindset that shaped my childhood and adult life. Carre Otis
taken thinking years
I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons. Carlos Ghosn
taken warrior hunting
There is no way to escape the doing of our world, so what a warrior does is to turn his world into his hunting ground. As a hunter, a warrior knows that the world is made to be used. So he uses every bit of it. A warrior is like a pirate that has no qualms in taking and using anything he wants, except that a warrior doesn't mind or he doesn't feel insulted when he is used and taken himself Carlos Castaneda
taken men hell
A man can't be taken to hell, or sent to hell: you can only get there on your own steam.
taken men voice
It may well be that by trickery of priests men have sometimes taken a mortal's voice for a god's. But it will not work the other way. No one who hears a god's voice takes it for a man's.
taken cinema left
What puzzles most of us are the things which have been left in the movies rather than the things which have been taken out.
taken thinking blue
President Bartlet: There's a delegation of cardiologists having their pictures taken in the Blue Room. You wouldn't think you could find a group of people more arrogant than the fifteen of us, but there they are, right upstairs in the Blue Room. Aaron Sorkin
taken nashville long
I had been on the road for a long time and was not really getting anywhere. Bob Johnston, a friend of mine, had taken over Columbia in Nashville. He asked me if I wanted to come down. I did - thank God I did. Charlie Daniels
taken rights catholic
It is admitted by everybody that rights and privileges enjoyed by the Roman Catholic minority in Manitoba down to 1890, were taken away by legislation of 1890. Charles Tupper
tired giving biscuits
When I get tired, I start eating things that I wouldn't normally crave, like biscuits, because they'll give me a bit of energy to keep going.
tired mindfulness deaf-and-blind
Seek and see all the marvels around you. You will get tired of looking at yourself alone, and that fatigue will make you deaf and blind to everything else. - Don Juan
tired long feelings
They were pretty tired by now of course; but not what I’d call bitterly tired – only slow and feeling very dreamy and tired as one does when one is coming to the end of a long day in the open.
tired years long
It's always difficult, especially the U.S. Open, the last of the Grand Slams. It's always tough because you know, the season is very long. I really played a lot this year. Sometimes it's really hard to stay focused all the time because you're really tired after the whole season. Agnieszka Radwanska
tired hustle
I am tired of hustling. Alan Sugar
tired voice air
When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice. Alan Ladd
tired years eight
I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon. Charlotte Bronte
tired conceit found
None are so seldom found alone, and are so soon tired of their own company, as those coxcombs who are on the best terms with themselves. Charles Caleb Colton
tired writing skills
For someone who is starting out on developing their critical skills, just being aware of its existence is great: it can make the difference between trying to write a story around a cliche or an original idea, and better still, studying it can eventually clue you in on how to breathe new life into tired tropes. Charles Stross