Bill 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.
P. J. O'ROURKEThe good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you’re rich.
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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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People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth.
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Wealth is not a pizza, where if I have too many slices you have to eat the Domino’s box.
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Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren’t present.
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If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat – in other words, turn you into an adult.
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Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.
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Finland is a rich country. What have they got? They got Nokia phones and plywood. How’d they get so rich? Because they’re free.
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Explosion of positive rights started in 1932 with the election of Roosevelt.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of ‘I hate strangers and anything that’s different.’
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You can’t get rid of poverty by giving people money.
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I was very much in favor of the Iraq invasion.
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I’ve got a 1990 Porsche 911. It’s just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a ‘learning experience.’ Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I’ve done as a ‘learning experience.’ It makes me feel less stupid.
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Everybody is xenophobic to an extent.
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Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.
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