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I ain't running for office. I ain't running for nothing. -- Bernie Mac
I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for. -- America Ferrera
It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office. -- Shirley MacLaine
Apparently there are some Democratic leaders in the Senate that are running for office who now believe in tax cuts. -- Jeb Bush
No, I'm not running for office someday. -- Chris Hughes
I have no intention of running for office again. -- George Allen
It's hard running for office when people can't say your name. -- John Boehner
I'm running for office, for Pete's sake, I can't have illegals. -- Mitt Romney
Never trust a man when he's in love, drunk, or running for office. -- Shirley MacLaine
Every member of my family knows that running for office is a personal decision. -- Joseph P. Kennedy III
Vote Smart has sent out thirty thousand questionnaires to every candidate running for office. -- Betty Hill
I'm not a politician. I'm not running for office. I can say what I think. -- Art Alexakis
And after I make a lot of money, I'll be able to afford running for office. -- Christy Carlson Romano
And after I make a lot of money, I'll be able to afford running for office. -- Christy Carlson Romano
You can't trust a promise someone makes while they're drunk, in love, hungry, or running for office. -- Joe Moore
I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office. -- Werner Herzog
I made four films on John F. Kennedy, filmed when he was running for office, in office, and after his death. -- Robert Drew
A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost-he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over. -- Josh Billings
The people who have the biggest passion for restricting other people's behavior are the very people we should worry about most. Unfortunately, they keep running for office. -- John Stossel
What is my calling? What am I supposed to do? I think running for office, public office, can be a divine calling. I mean, Ive wrestled with that very question myself. -- Jim Wallis
What is my calling? What am I supposed to do? I think running for office, public office, can be a divine calling. I mean, I've wrestled with that very question myself. -- Jim Wallis
Politics comes and goes, but your principles don't. And everybody wants to be loved -- not everybody. ... You never heard anybody say, 'I want to be despised, I'm running for office.' -- George W. Bush
I don't begrudge rich people running for office. God knows that FDR and JFK both came from very wealthy families but I think did more to help impoverished Americans than anybody else. -- Julie Roginsky
I want to be a cheerleader for women who have never even considered running for office or being involved in a campaign, but who in the quietness of their hearts might think, 'Why not me?' -- Marianne Williamson
My experience has proved that a man who is running for office, and is not willing to make his honest opinions known to the public, either has no honest opinions or is not honest about them. -- William Randolph Hearst
I'm not running for office. I don't have to be politically correct. I don't have to be a nice person. Like I watch some of these weak-kneed politicians, it's disgusting. I don't have to be that way. -- Donald Trump
If I just want to 'start a conversation,' I don't need to run for office. As a matter of fact, it could be argued that many people are more open to hearing you if you're not running for office. -- Marianne Williamson
Hillary Clinton, our junior senator from New York, announced that she has no intentions of ever, ever running for office of the President of the United States. Her husband, Bill Clinton, is bitterly disappointed. He is crushed. There go his dreams of becoming a two-impeachment family. -- David Letterman
Muslims are absolutely integrating into the United States. You can go nearly any community and you find people opening up clinics that mostly non-Muslims go in to get services. They are feeding people who are hungry, American citizens, mostly people who are not Muslim. They`re running for office. -- Steve King
Whether a woman's running for office or she's supporting her husband who's running for office and she gets criticised for wearing open-toed shoes or for the colour of her coat, there's just a lot of history that you bear if you are a woman who puts herself out in the political arena. -- Hillary Clinton
There is A madman inside of you Who is always running for office -- H?fez
There is A madman inside of you Who is always running for office -- H?fez
I've always thought that the role of citizen, the role of advocate, were as important in our democracy as running for office. -- Hillary Clinton
One of the most repellent spectacles at election times is the pretense of piety on the part of people running for office. -- Christopher Hitchens
Obviously [my daughters] - and Michelle - have made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things. -- Barack Obama
There are certain occupations - probably, most prominently, politics - where there would be a bias against somebody who's agnostic or atheist in running for office. -- Barack Obama
I still maintain that you cannot treat [Donald] Trump, analyze Trump, destroy Trump the way politics says you destroy people that are running for office. I don't think the standard, ordinary operating procedures work. -- Rush Limbaugh
I still maintain that you cannot treat [Donald] Trump, analyze Trump, destroy Trump the way politics says you destroy people that are running for office. I don't think the standard, ordinary operating procedures work. -- Rush Limbaugh
An actual understanding of our economy is that our economy most depends on our rate of innovation... It's not actually understood by most of the people running for office, but it's not in fact disputed. -- Chris Gabrieli
It wasn't until 1998 that I ever seriously thought about running for office. And I didn't make up my mind to do that until 1999, and then I ran for the Senate. It was really hard for me. -- Hillary Clinton
Citizenship in the 21st century requires more than paying your taxes and voting and occasionally running for office. That even if you're never in political office, you have political responsibilities. You can make your society stronger and better. -- William J. Clinton
I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them. -- Ian Somerhalder
Religion looms as large as an elephant in the United States, to the point that being nonreligious is about the biggest handicap a politician running for office can have, bigger than being gay, unmarried, thrice married, or black. -- Frans de Waal
You know who the big winner in Mosul is going to be after we eventually get it - and the only reason they did it is because she's running for office of president and they want to look tough. -- Donald Trump
In creating superdelegates, the Democratic Party recognized the expertise that its top holders of public office have gained by running for office themselves. They are experts at winning. They know the issues. They are in a unique position to evaluate presidential candidates. -- Jim Hunt
A lot of people want me to run for things, for a lot of high offices. The polls always show that I win any election that I'm in. But I don't have any real interest in running for office. I'm more interested in supporting people. -- Donald Trump
There are consequences if you stand up for what you believe. Heck, you might - you might lose your sponsors if you're a talk show host; or if you're running for office, you know, people not give to you or people might not vote for you. -- Louie Gohmert
The more they do to expose themselves as who they are - but remember, now, most liberals hide who they are, particularly liberal Democrat officeholders and people running for office. They lie about their agenda. They lie about what they believe. They lie and mask who they are. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
The more they do to expose themselves as who they are - but remember, now, most liberals hide who they are, particularly liberal Democrat officeholders and people running for office. They lie about their agenda. They lie about what they believe. They lie and mask who they are. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
I was considering running for political office. -- Michael Newdow
I'm running for governor; I'm not running for a legislative office. -- Andrew Cuomo
I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office. -- Bob Corker
Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not? -- Queen Latifah
Running for office is important, and you don't really need more than to be right on the issues, and to be able to articulate what it is you believe. You don't need a certain background. You don't need to be a lawyer. You don't need to have some professional degree. -- Matt Gonzalez
A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return. -- Queen Rania of Jordan
It used to be the custom in this country that when you had made a career and were mature in judgment, you went to the Senate to give something back t the Republic. The idea that at age 25 you go out and buy a blow dryer and starting running for office is not what the founders had in mind -- Gore Vidal
It's the uncertainty, the challenge and the willingness to put it all on the line that draws a lot of people to climb mountains. That can also apply to a lot of other challenges in life, whether it's running for office, starting a family, going to grad school or taking all of your cash and assets and starting a business. -- Mark Udall
People who are running for office mislead the American people by saying that there's a three-point plan or a bumper sticker kind of way of bringing down gasoline prices. The fact of the matter is that nobody can do that. The price of oil is set on the global economy. People who have looked at this closely and hard know that's the case. -- Ken Salazar
Running for office is the least aerobic of the socially interactive sports ... -- Carrie Fisher
I wouldn't have the slightest interest in running for public office. I'd rather make jokes about politicians than become one of them. -- Johnny Carson
Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon. -- Kamala Harris

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