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" Liberals consider people to be nuisances. "
P. J. O'Rourke
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" Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there. "
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" The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person. "
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" Explosion of positive rights started in 1932 with the election of Roosevelt. "
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" I'm not a tech-savvy parent. I communicate with my children via the old-media format called yelling. "
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" Disney's Tomorrowland is deeply, thoroughly, almost furiously unimaginative. "
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" If you want to join the Republican party, they have to let you in. There's nothing they can do about it. I mean, if Republicans will take Al D'Amato, they'll take anybody. "
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" I do have to travel a lot for speaking engagements. "
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" The 18,000 NASA employees are full of galactic talents and abilities and are ready to accomplish whatever they're directed to do. "
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" I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don't listen to him. "
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" The beauty of democracy is that an average, random, unremarkable citizen can lead it. "
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