"There is something uniquely depressing about the fact that the National Portrait Gallery's version of the Barack Obama 'Hope' poster previously belonged to a pair of lobbyists. Depressing because Mr. Obama's Washington was not supposed to be the lobbyists' Washington, the place we learned to despise during the last administration."

-- Thomas Frank

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“Of all the various out-door recreations I have tried, when it comes to genuine, exciting sport, give me hunting with a camera.”
“You know it is summer in Ireland when the rain gets warmer.”
“People are essentially red meat. They are.”
“Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.”

Source : "The Amazing Success Story of ‘Spiri Who?’" by Arthur Schlesinger Jr., www.nytimes.com. July 26, 1970.
“As a parent, the only thing I am absolutely certain of is my own fallibility.”
“And the truth of the matter is that death is a mystery to me. I have no opinion on the subject.”

Source : Oscar Zeta Acosta (2013). “Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo”, p.30, Vintage
“I never want to be satisfied. I never want to be like, 'OK, this is good enough.' I always want to get to the next level and help the team improve.”
“Every unit that is not supported is a defeated unit.”

Source : Maurice de Saxe (2012). “Reveries on the Art of War”, p.68, Courier Corporation

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