Christopher Buckley Newt Gingrich has certainly seen his own empire rise – and fall. – Christopher Buckley Empire Quotes Fall Quotes Gingrich Quotes Newt Quotes Rise Quotes Try, if you will, to imagine Dwight Eisenhower or JFK or Lyndon Johnson or, for that matter, Ronald Reagan chin-wagging with Jack Paar or Johnny Carson. Richard Nixon did, famously, go on ‘Laugh In’ in 1968, but as a candidate; and to his credit, he rued the day and hated every second of it. I remember dawn coming up over the Strait of Malacca; ragamuffin kids on the dock in Sumatra laughing as they pelted us with bananas; collecting dead flying fish off the deck and bringing them to our sweet, fat, toothless Danish cook to fry up for breakfast.
SocietyZygmunt Bauman In a consumer society, people wallow in things, fascinating, enjoyable things. If you define your value by the things you acquire and surround yourself with, being excluded is humiliating. – Zygmunt Bauman
Mark Ingram II I’m not too much of a flashy guy, just put my head down and bring my lunch pail to work every day, just grind, and I just try to be humble and be a team guy. – Mark Ingram II
David Nutter I want to make something like ‘Arrow’ and ‘Flash’ relatable and understandable and not make it cartoonish. – David Nutter
Ron Paul Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer the discussion away from the real reasons the war in Iraq will not end anytime soon. – Ron Paul
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