"Obama specializes in knocking down straw men. 'I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves,' he said, implying that's the view of Republicans. It's the view of almost no one."

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Source : "The Return of Big Government" by Fred Barnes, www.weeklystandard.com. March 9, 2009.

Fred Barnes

#Men Quotes #Views Quotes #Care Quotes

“Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.”

Source : William Ernest Hocking (1937). “Thoughts on Death and Life”
“Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Onlyâ€”if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesnâ€™t it? And isnâ€™t the whole point of thingsâ€”beautiful thingsâ€”that they connect you to some larger beauty?”
“I think Taiwan's economy needs an overall structural readjustment. Our new model focuses on innovation and research. This is different from our growth model in the past, which was centered on the manufacturing industry.”
“I approach cooking from a science angle because I need to understand how things work. If I understand the egg, I can scramble it better. It's a simple as that.”
“critic, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.”
“You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.”
“Movie actors are just ordinary, mixed-up people - with agents.”
“Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation.”

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