Elliott Abrams Cheney’s memoir is not about 9/11, or solely about Bush’s administration, but about his entire life and political career. – Elliott Abrams Administration Quotes Bushs Quotes Career Quotes Cheneys Quotes Entire Quotes Life Quotes Memoir Quotes Political Quotes Solely Quotes At the height of the Cold War, when Ronald Reagan was president, the Soviets and their allies and satellites did not shirk human rights debates with the West. They had their arguments ready. There is no way around the contradictions and dangers inherent in Israel’s decision to free over 1,000 prisoners in order to liberate Gilad Shalit.
Elif Batuman Proust’s ‘In Search of Lost Time,’ especially ‘Time Regained,’ made me think differently about what the novel is and can do. Then I forgot about it, then reread it and remembered again. – Elif Batuman
Caroline Knapp Cottage cheese is one of our culture’s most visible symbols of self-denial; marketed honestly, it would appear in dairy cases with warning labels: this substance is self-punitive; ingest with caution. – Caroline Knapp
Dayananda Saraswati The works of present life are more important that the whole and entire reliance on wholesale blind fate. – Dayananda Saraswati
Liz Carr There’s many an example of disabled people having their wheelchairs lost or broken on plane journeys, but I’ve never had any problems. I just destroy my wheelchair before I leave. That way I’m not disappointed, and I will be fully prepared when a cardboard box full of parts greets me as I arrive on foreign soil. – Liz Carr
Michael Cimino There is always that need to feel that you’re doing your possible best. – Michael Cimino
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