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Mark W. Smith
"Conservatives want to make the poor rich, while liberals want to make the rich poor." --
Source : Mark W. Smith (2008). “The Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy 2008: The Arguments You Need to Defeat the Loony Left This Election Year”, p.81, Regnery Publishing
Mark W. Smith
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“With respect to the situation in Al-Faw, the British told big lies. In Al-Faw, our forces' positions remained in place.”
“He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.”
“The two great cultural and political currents of Italy have always only been concerned with the masses.”
“What's most remarkable about the conservative activists who promote a small, hysterical group of conspiracy theorists claiming a Muslim theocracy is the greatest threat facing America today is that they are also promoters of the mythology that America was founded and should be governed as a Christian nation - or, when they're feeling magnanimously ecumenical, a "Judeo-Christian" nation.”
“There are mornings when everything brims with promise, even my empty cup.”
Source : Jim Harrison, Ted Kooser (2003). “Braided Creek: a conversation in poetry”, Copper Canyon Pr
“You can bear anything if it is not your fault.”
“Back then, the business depended on bohemians. ... They needed Kristofferson and Roger Miller ..It was the tail end of something...the last Tin Pan Alley. ...and we were the night shift! They gave us keys, because they knew the best songs weren't written in daylight.... We got our keys taken away several times...me and Guy Clark.”
“There is nothing anti-intellectual in the leap of faith, for faith is not believing without proof but trusting without reservation.”
Source : William Sloane Coffin (2004). “Credo”, p.8, Westminster John Knox Press
