All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
P. J. O'ROURKEPolitical leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.
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If we heard that somebody starved to death in Sweden or Switzerland, we would be shocked.
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When I’m in the car, I want the only one shouting to be me.
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Wealth brings great benefits to the world. Rich people are heros.
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Adam Smith’s huge failure was the fact that he did not foresee the industrial revolution.
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There is a simple rule here, a rule of legislation, a rule of business, a rule of life: beyond a certain point, complexity is fraud. You can apply that rule to left-wing social programs, but you can also apply that rule to credit derivatives, hedge funds, all the rest of it.
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No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it’s probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.
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Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters.
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People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth.
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Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
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Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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The baby boomers’ politics have covered a wide band of silliness, from the Weather Underground to the Timothy McVeigh types. The great majority of us are well in the middle of that spectrum, but still, there’s been both leftie silliness and right-wing silliness.
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The 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 believe in God. God created the world.
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Call a man ‘ignorant,’ and you have license to show the world your vast fund of knowledge and wise him up.
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