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No one has put in harder training to become a royal bride than the glossy-haired Kate Middleton.
Go ahead and do the impossible. It's worth the look on the faces of those who said you couldn't.
In my youth I hoped to do great things; now I shall be satisfied to get through without scandal.
But of all nations in the world the English are perhaps the least a nation of pure philosophers.
Perhaps if all the peoples of the world understand what war really means, we would eliminate it.
I think it'd be great if the evening news broadcast, for instance, were unsponsored and unrated.
It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn.
I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity?
Nothing ruins a good thing quite like knowing you share your opinions with mindless little tits.
I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
I used to be shy about ordering a steak after I had eaten a steak sandwich, but I got used to it.
The most that somebody in Mexico City will get paid for a job in construction is 100 pesos a day.
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
A bad marriage is like an electrical thrilling machine: it makes you dance, but you can't let go.
REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.
A nation that will not enforce its laws has no claim to the respect and allegiance of its people.
Heathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.
CLOSE-FISTED, adj. Unduly desirous of keeping that which many meritorious persons wish to obtain.
SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent.
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard.
The thing people forget when they are looking for solutions is there is nothing final in history.
Strong I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until I have almost arrived.
Amazingly, quite a few people, even some American conservatives, are taken in by Russian tactics.
Elections are always a Rorschach test - people look at the results and see what they want to see.
O felt that her mouth was beautiful, since her lover condescended to thrust himself into it . . .
The NSA's business is 'information dominance,' the use of other people's secrets to shape events.
Cincinnatians support a symphony, an opera, a ballet, museums, many galleries and theater groups.
You don't want to go around willy-nilly suing news organizations. That's probably self-defeating.
If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh at their own jokes.
I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not...
Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable.
I've never been a member of a political party, but people will superimpose on you what they want.
As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.
I do hate air conditioning and early mornings, but my friends all know this and plan accordingly.
Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.
I would like to explore some side roads in life while I am still in good health and good spirits.
There is something in the Olympics, indefinable, springing from the soul, that must be preserved.
The problem with the bank managers was not that they were malevolent but that they were mediocre.
All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.
Never write up your diary on the day itself, for it takes longer than that to know what happened.
Learning things that are interesting and other people would find interesting is the biggest rush.
Being right doesn’t mean you win. You win by establishing credibility, a relationship, and trust.
To be honest, I used to always procrastinate when I write. I mean, I love writing, but I hate it.
If there is anything that is important to America, it is that you are not a prisoner of the past.
As with most people, my ideology and my attitudes about life were informed by parents and family.
It is easy to fall into the trap of believing that democracy will improve the function of policy.
During an economic crisis, what matters is that the government keeps its foot on the accelerator.
My deep sense of alarm has to do with Donald Trump's seeming lack of fealty to constitutionalism.
I have no regrets about launching Salon. For the life of me, I can't imagine doing anything else.