"Ultraliberalism today translates into a whimpering isolationism in foreign policy, a mulish obstructionism in domestic policy."

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Source : John R. Coyne, Spiro T. Agnew (1972). “The Impudent Snobs: Agnew Vs. the Intellectual Establishment”, New Rochelle, N.Y. : Arlington House

Spiro T. Agnew

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“Without the piano my life would be a disaster - nobody would hold me in any regard. It's the thing that saved me.”

Source : "'A labour of love'" by Jools Holland, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2008.
“Country music is different because we [musicians] are all actually happy for each other. We're all friends. It's a little family. So if you don't win [an award], usually one of your friends does. So it's kind of a cool thing. I think it's the only genre of music to have that camaraderie.”
“A logic proof is: you get a starting point and an ending point, and you have to get there through all these different steps and tautologies. I approach novel writing that way. When I get to the end I have to go back and connect everything.”

Source : "The Brilliant Complications Of Heidi Julavits". Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 28, 2012.
“A confidence man knows heâ€™s lying; that limits his scope. But a successful shaman ropes himself first; he believes what he says â€” and such belief is contagious; there is no limit to his scope.”
“Attack those concepts such as 'third world.' Think about it. If we look at it in terms of numbers, then people of color are the majority in this world. We should be the 'first world.'”
“Nothing is confused except the mind.”
“I love chocolate. I like milk and dark chocolate, but definitely not white.”
“In Hollywood today, it's cool for guys to wear nail polish and earrings in their lips and tongues. I don't get it.”

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