"Policy and politics generally go contrary to principle."

-- Flannery O'Connor

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“I can readily conceive of a man without hands or feet; and I could conceive of him without a head, if experience had not taught me that by this he thinks, Thought then, is the essence of man, and without this we cannot conceive of him.”
“I for one do not negotiate with Hamas and believe it is a mistake to do so.”

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“I suddenly realize that I'm naked, which shouldn't bother me since it's the phone, but for some reason it does. "How's it hanging?" Kyra asks and now I think I'm blushing. It's just an expression, but jeez!”
“I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women.”
“Invest in what's real. Clean as you go. Drink while you cook. Make it fun. It doesn't have to be complicated. It will be what it will be.”
“Sometimes there isn't a way to hug and make everything better.”

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“Learn the difference between striving for excellence and striving for perfection. The first is attainable; the second is not.”
“[The Middle East conflict ] just kind of ran its course for me. For a long time I could justify doing it to myself, no matter how irrational it was. It was important to me and my work. And I just don't feel it in the same way any more. When it comes up and it's important to me, I'll do it, but more out of sense of duty than desire - which used to be a big part of it.”

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