A humorist doesn’t really do that much note-taking.
P. J. O'ROURKEExplosion of positive rights started in 1932 with the election of Roosevelt.
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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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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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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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Hubris is one of the great renewable resources.
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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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Wealth brings great benefits to the world. Rich people are heros.
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The people who despise America are the editors of the ‘New Statesman.’ Their green-card applications must have been turned down.
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Term limits aren’t enough. We need jail.
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We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.
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Everybody is xenophobic to an extent.
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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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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.
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When I’m in the car, I want the only one shouting to be me.
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We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren’t there.
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If you ask the government to solve all of your problems, it’s a bit like asking your wife to cook and clean, to raise the children, to hold down a second job to help with the family finances, to keep her parents happy and well and keep your parents happy and well, and to also – to do the lawn and clean the gutters.
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