Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
– Lester B Pearson
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- Politics is war without blood, while war is politics with blood. – Mao Zedong
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- The political vision of the religious right is for the most part an individualistic politics of righteousness, not a communal politics of compassion. – Marcus J Borg
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- I’m Blunt because God rolled me that way – Kalon Jackson
- You will love and admire the One who is honest and blunt in his views, as long as you’re not his subject of viewpoint! – Ramana Pemmaraju
- A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- So much does suffering blunt even the coarsest sensations of men – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- A blunt arrow in the air has greater potential to strike than a sharp one in a quiver. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- To have no desire is such a load of bullshit–forgive me for being so blunt. To have no passion in one’s life is a cop-out for cowards. – Irina Kovalyova
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- Yea I may come across as blunt, but I will say the truth even if its bitter, that’s just me. You either hate me for it or respect me for it. – Tilicia Haridat
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- Am I too blunt? If the truth is too hard to swallow, should I feed you soft lies? – Edward W Robertson
- And even then, it might not have been too awful, but his head snapped back and he hit a rock, breaking like a blunt molar from the ground. – Sanjida Kay
- Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. – Stephen King
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