I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to what I’m used to doing.
ADAM CLYMER
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There’s a Washington standard of casually putting things off the record. It’s really gone too far. I don’t know an easy way to turn it back.
Adam ClymerAdam Clymer When I came back to Washington to be The Times’ chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons.
Adam ClymerAdam Clymer Ted Kennedy’s achievements as a senator have towered over his time, changing the lives of far more Americans than remember the name Mary Jo Kopechne.
Adam ClymerAdam Clymer Gore speaks to America as if English is its second language; George W. speaks as if English is his second language.
Adam ClymerAdam Clymer Another thing that’s quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you’ve written the next morning and you think you didn’t get it quite right, you can fix it.
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I hung my fingertips on his waistband, tugging him closer. Patch buried his face in the curve of my shoulder, his hands flexing over my back. He gave a low groan. “i love you,” he murmured into my hair. “i’m happier right now than i ever remember being.
Becca FitzpatrickBecca Fitzpatrick Don’t blame me. Tell your mom to move closer. Tell her there’s this new club called civilization and you guys should join.
Becca FitzpatrickBecca Fitzpatrick I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.
ShakiraShakira I’d really like to be in closer contact with life. I’m a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
Yves Saint LaurentYves Saint Laurent After all, if we look closer into ourselves, shall we not admit that the warmth from other people comes so sweet to us when it comes, because, we always carry with us the knowledge of the cold loneliness of death?
Ama Ata AidooAma Ata Aidoo I don’t really listen to pop-country, but I like really, really old country that’s closer to folk. Like Johnny Cash, who is considered country.
MitskiMitski What’s the biggest compliment is if I read a review and it’s exactly what I wrote down in my diary before ever filming it. That’s really cool. That’s the biggest signifier of closing the gaps.
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