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"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."
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"All theories are legitimate, no matter. What matters is what you do with them."

"Georgie, stop trying to resurrect the shoes. They were never alive in the first place."

"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."

"Medical researchers don't know much about head lice because they don't much care. The reason that they don't much care is, paradoxically, that they know a lot. That is, they know one important thing: there is no evidence that head lice transmit disease."

"We must consult our means rather than our wishes."

"A lie that could help someone focus on his life was better than a hundred simple truths."

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"Anything was better than nothing. Half-full was better than empty. Ignorance was the lowest form of humiliation and suffering."
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"'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say."

"The Democratic Party opposes tax cuts but it cannot say so publicly. Thus, it is forced to support the idea of lowering the tax burden but using class warfare rhetoric to dispute the allocation of the relief."

"Democrats are not about to nominate anyone who backs the tax cut, and Americans are not going to elect anyone who favors a tax increase."

"The stronger Hillary is, the weaker she is. The more she seems like a likely presidential winner, the more difficult the senate race becomes in New York. It's perfect."

"No candidate can win a presidential race advocating gay marriage and opposing the military action in Iraq."

"I didn't do what they said I did. I may have done enough so that I don't know if I can prove my innocence."

"We need to stop spending money on death, the war in Iraq and on enhancing the lives of the people in our own country."
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