“ If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to — and you will — leave, and be something else. ”
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“ Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it's fresh, we're on the ocean. Of course it's for sale, we're not giving it away. Of course it's here, otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign: FISH. ”
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“ I first saw President Reagan as a foot, highly polished brown cordovan wagging merrily on a hassock. I spied it through the door. It was a beautiful foot, sleek. Such casual elegance and clean lines! But not a big foot, not formidable, maybe a little …frail… ”
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“ Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk. ”
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“ Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen. ”
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“ The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain. ”
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“ I believe it is fair to say most Republicans did not think George W. Bush was motivated to run for the presidency for the primary reason of cutting or controlling spending. But it is also fair to say that they did not think he was Lyndon B. Johnson. And that's what he's turned into. ”
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“ Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything. ”
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“ You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone. ”
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“ The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain. ”
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“ George W. Bush is a big spender. He has never vetoed a spending Bill. When Congress serves up a big slab of fat, crackling pork, Mr Bush responds with one big question: Got any barbecue sauce? ”
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“ My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage. ”
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“ Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything. ”
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“ Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents. ”
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“ I first saw President Reagan as a foot, highly polished brown cordovan wagging merrily on a hassock. I spied it through the door. It was a beautiful foot, sleek. Such casual elegance and clean lines! But not a big foot, not formidable, maybe a little …frail… ”
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“ If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to — and you will — leave, and be something else. ”
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“ If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to — and you will — leave, and be something else. ”
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“ Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen. ”
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“ If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to — and you will — leave, and be something else. ”
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“ I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps. ”
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“ I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps. ”
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“ If you join government, calmly make your contribution and move on. Don't go along to get along; do your best and when you have to — and you will — leave, and be something else. ”
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“ Remember the waterfront shack with the sign FRESH FISH SOLD HERE. Of course it's fresh, we're on the ocean. Of course it's for sale, we're not giving it away. Of course it's here, otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign: FISH. ”
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“ My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage. ”
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“ If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault. ”
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“ I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat world we see. I also think they happen every day, from the baby's perfect shoulder in the sonogram, to saints performing wonders. ”
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