Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
P. J. O'ROURKEBill Clinton is not a hypocrite. If a man believes that it is just and moral to redistribute wealth, there is nothing hypocritical in his attempts to redistribute some of that wealth to himself.
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There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.
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All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
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A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat.
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Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren’t present.
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Rich people don’t like to be in the military. The shoes are ugly and the uniforms itch. Rich people don’t go in much for revolution or terrorism, either.
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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
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Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.
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I like fiction and the kind of history that gives the grace and flavor of fiction to the past. No bloviation on current events, please. I can write that junk myself.
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Term limits aren’t enough. We need jail.
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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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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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I don’t even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I’ve never used a computer.
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Wealth brings great benefits to the world. Rich people are heros.
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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
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We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.
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