Simon Channing Williams

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    Stevenson had noble ideas—as did the young Franklin for that matter. But Stevenson felt that the way to implement them was to present himself as a thoughtful idealist and wait for the world to flock to him. He considered it below him, or wrong, to scramble out among the people and ask them what they wanted. Roosevelt grappled voters to him. Stevenson shied off from them. Some thought him too pure to desire power, though he showed ambition when it mattered.
    Garry Wills, U.S. historian. Certain Trumpets: The Call of Leaders, ch. 9, Simon & Schuster (1994)

    Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.
    Joseph L. Mankiewicz, U.S. screenwriter. Margo Channing (Bette Davis)

    Oh is that
    all? I tho’t it was something else. Oh
    they jump and run too. I wish you had been
    there, I was so interested to hear about it.
    —William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)