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"Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum."
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"The really essential factors of success in any undertaking are money and opportunity, and as a rule, the man who can make the first can make the second."
"Pragmatism is good prevention for problems."
"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."
"Georgie, stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place."
"It is better to be a pragmatist than a lunatic."
"Idealism that makes no distinction between areas where our national interest lies and those from which it is remote does no good for America. The weariness of the post-Versailles, post-Korea, post-Vietnam eras is never far from the national mood."
"Fair play is all well and good. But knowing how to kick 'em in the balls can get you out of a jam 9 times out of 10."
"Spirituality cannot be an excuse for not making money!!! Just a justification for failure!"
"Her philosophy was, if it had a pulse, it could be killed. I didn't really have a philosophy, but I could see how talking with the school director would be difficult for her. If he said something she didn't like, chopping him to tiny pieces wouldn't exactly help me get into the school."
"Over a lifetime of dealing with difficult women, I have learned it is often better to give into their demands immediately."
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"The more aspects of life that can be moved from private reign to public realm, the better it is for politics."
"There are a few things that people all around the world need to admit to themselves. Trade restraints slow economic growth, the euro is not a reserve currency, and scoreless sports ties are boring."
"I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics."
"We loved cars until the '70s or so. Then they became appliances. They turned into motorized cup holders. Most of it has to do with urban sprawl. What began as pleasure ends up in necessity, as so many things do."
"People are always angry at America. They're absolutely certain that America either caused their problems or is deliberately not fixing their problems. But the anger is always directed at America and never at Americans."
"People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'"
"Cars let us out of the barn and, while they were at it, destroyed the American nuclear family. As anyone who has had an American nuclear family can tell you, this was a relief to all concerned."
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