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"There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price."
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"I am not gamesome: I do lack some partof that quick spirit that is in Antony."

"I suppose that there's a caddish streak in every man that runs crosswise across his character and disposition and general outlook."

"Now I feel like James Bond. Suave and intelligent, breaking all the codes while looking fabulous."

"Adrian was easily distractible by wacky topics and shiny objects."

"This susceptibility to impressions had been his undoing, no doubt. Still at his age he had, like a boy or a girl even, these alternations of mood; good days, bad days, for no reason whatever, happiness from a pretty face, downright misery at the sight of a frump."

"On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone."

"Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck."

"Something about her eyes or voice has always suggested the hint of a free spirit, trapped in a Peck and Peck cage, dreaming of making rude noises at public gatherings of Republicans."

"Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done."

"Her beauty was enough to get her into most any situation she desired and her tongue-sharp and venomous-was enough to get her out again."
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"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas."


"At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else."


"Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or, in extreme cases, to appoint a commission."


"Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt."


"The liberals in the House strongly resemble liberals I have known through the last two decades in the civil rights conflict. When it comes time to show on which side they will be counted, they excuse themselves."


"There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price."
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