“This is not the time for political fun and games. This is the time for a new beginning.”
Address to the Nation (27 July 1981) http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1981/72781d.htm
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Context: This is not the time for political fun and games. This is the time for a new beginning. I ask you now to put aside any feelings of frustration or helplessness about our political institutions and join me in this dramatic but responsible plan to reduce the enormous burden of Federal taxation on you and your family.
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American politician, 40th president of the United States (i… 1911–2004Related quotes
“Love is a wonderful game which begins in fun and ends in marriage.”
Source: The 10th Victim (1965), Chapter 15 (p. 131)
Improvisation for the Theater 1963), page 4
“It's fun to be in the game, and it's even more fun to win.”
Source: Success! (1977), p. 145
Context: Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you derive from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out. You may earn a good living, you may have a safe career, but you will never be a success. Find out what you enjoy doing, and your chances of succeeding will be dramatically better. We play the game every day, sometimes without even recognizing that we're doing it. We compete with other people, or other teams, or other companies, not only because it is essential to business survival, but because we frankly enjoy competition. It's fun to be in the game, and it's even more fun to win.
Reported in Tom Verducci, " Derek Jeter: In his own words http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/magazine/specials/sportsman/2009/11/30/jeter.interview/index.html", Sports Illustrated (November 30, 2009).
2000s, 2009
“And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings”
Widely circulated on the internet, but no actual text to tie it back to Eckhart, as of yet.
Ref: en.wikiquote.org - Meister Eckhart / Disputed
“Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all.”
Source: Norse Mythology (2017), Chapter 16, “Ragnarok: The Final Destiny of the Gods” (p. 278)
Variant: You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
Source: Women
Source: Zimbabwe: Gender Equality A Right (2010)