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" Simply because something is a populist movement doesn't make it either good or bad. "
P. J. O'Rourke
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" The poor are an especially important resource for innovation when they have the bravery and pluck to get out of the poor places in which they're living. "
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" I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad. "
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" Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad? "
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" The anti-individualist enemies that Ayn Rand battled are still the enemy, but they've shifted their line of attack. Political collectivists are no longer much interested in taking things away from the wealthy and creative. "
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" The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews. "
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" I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don't listen to him. "
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" I know quite a few fellow members of the news analysis and commentary business, and I have it from the highest-placed sources, on the record, that each and every one of our children is a genius. "
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" The subculture of felons is in great vogue among adolescents. Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and so forth allow us Republicans to say to America's young people, 'We be thugs.' The GOP may capture the youth vote at last. "
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" College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions. "
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" The purpose of sports - even foreign sports - is not to bore people. "
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" Democrats hate Democrats most of all. "
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" I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it. "
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" Moviemakers are rewarded with tax write-offs if, when seeking a location that looks like America, they seek it in America. "
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" After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States. "
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" The problem in Afghanistan is really not so much land as water. It's a dry country with ample amounts of water running through it, but not to good enough effect. "
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" The problem with public school is not overcrowding in the classroom. The problem is not teacher unions. The problem is not underfunding or lack of computer equipment. The problem is your damn kids. "
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Problem
" In thirteen years, every aspect of the universe can change - ask a thirteen-year-old. "
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" Thank you, Occupy Wall Street. With your vivid example of anticapitalist squalor, I've been able to convince all three of my children to become investment bankers. "
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" On inspection, Gaudi's architecture isn't whimsical at all. "
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" Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. "
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" I was very much in favor of the Iraq invasion. "
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Very
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" The car provided Americans with an enviable standard of living. You could not get a steady job with high wages and health and retirement benefits working on the General Livestock Corporation assembly line putting udders on cows. "
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" As murderous industrial magnates go, Alfred Nobel is right up there with Ray Kroc, franchiser of McDonald's. "
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