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When I started in this business, everybody said the Democrats were the better communicators because they sounded like social workers, and Republicans were awful because they sounded like morticians. In some cases. They actually dressed like morticians Picture Quote #1

When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with whom you're working puts together words, sentences, phrases, the triple tension between the line of verse, the syntax and the sentence Picture Quote #1

Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final. It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given Picture Quote #1

Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world Picture Quote #1

Being as we know it, the world as we come upon it, stands before us as otherness, remoteness. For all our efforts to exploit or comprehend it, it remains evasive, mysteriously immune. Being is unbelievable Picture Quote #1

I respect and empathize with reporters and editors who must compete in today's environment. And I know full well that when I've been covering campaigns, which I still do, I've made my mistakes and have been far from perfect Picture Quote #1

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Being in this business for as long as I've been in it, it's sort of like living in a town or a city before the war and then after the war and then during the reconstruction and then during the time that it sprawls out to the malls Picture Quote #1

I totally get Columbus because I also want to murder everyone I see after a long and crowded commute Picture Quote #1

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves Picture Quote #1

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing Picture Quote #1

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. And not to Democrats alone do I make this appeal, but to all who love these great and true principles Picture Quote #1

Jails and state prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more you must have of the former Picture Quote #1

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If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it Picture Quote #1

No matter how much time goes by I'll never forget the first time you looked at me and how I fell in love Picture Quote #1

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just Picture Quote #1

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise Picture Quote #1

Lifestyle change and changes in diet work faster, better and more cheaply than any medication and are as effective or more effective than gastric bypass without any side effects or long term complications Picture Quote #1

Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell to our new world, a world of interests, leaving it to it's own avarice and sadness Picture Quote #1

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We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read Picture Quote #1

Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them Picture Quote #1

Whoever removes the Cross and it's interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment of Jesus to the oppressed as a new center, no longer stands in continuity with the apostolic faith Picture Quote #1

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? Picture Quote #1

In times like the present men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and in eternity Picture Quote #1

Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence, and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face; and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them Picture Quote #1

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Good books are to the young mind what the warming sun and the refreshing rain of spring are to the seeds which have lain dormant in the frosts of winter. They are more, for they may save from that which is worse than death, as well as bless with that which is better than life Picture Quote #1

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer Picture Quote #1

I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed Picture Quote #1

But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden to us, and only after that government refused to do that did we invade Picture Quote #1

A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain durability Picture Quote #1

There's something so romantic about being broke in New York. You gotta do it. You have to live there once without any money, and then you have to live there when you have money. Let me tell you, of the two, the latter is far better Picture Quote #1

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When I started in this business, everybody said the Democrats were the better communicators because they sounded like social workers, and Republicans were awful because they sounded like morticians. In some cases. They actually dressed like morticians (Ter Quotes) When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with whom you're working puts together words, sentences, phrases, the triple tension between the line of verse, the syntax and the sentence (Ter Quotes) Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final. It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given (Ter Quotes) Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world (Ter Quotes) Being as we know it, the world as we come upon it, stands before us as otherness, remoteness. For all our efforts to exploit or comprehend it, it remains evasive, mysteriously immune. Being is unbelievable (Ter Quotes) I respect and empathize with reporters and editors who must compete in today's environment. And I know full well that when I've been covering campaigns, which I still do, I've made my mistakes and have been far from perfect (Ter Quotes) Being in this business for as long as I've been in it, it's sort of like living in a town or a city before the war and then after the war and then during the reconstruction and then during the time that it sprawls out to the malls (Ter Quotes) I totally get Columbus because I also want to murder everyone I see after a long and crowded commute (Ter Quotes) America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves (Ter Quotes) Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing (Ter Quotes) Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. And not to Democrats alone do I make this appeal, but to all who love these great and true principles (Ter Quotes) Jails and state prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more you must have of the former (Ter Quotes) If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it (Ter Quotes) No matter how much time goes by I'll never forget the first time you looked at me and how I fell in love (Ter Quotes) The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just (Ter Quotes) That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise (Ter Quotes) Lifestyle change and changes in diet work faster, better and more cheaply than any medication and are as effective or more effective than gastric bypass without any side effects or long term complications (Ter Quotes) Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell to our new world, a world of interests, leaving it to it's own avarice and sadness (Ter Quotes) We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read (Ter Quotes) Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them (Ter Quotes) Whoever removes the Cross and it's interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment of Jesus to the oppressed as a new center, no longer stands in continuity with the apostolic faith (Ter Quotes) Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? (Ter Quotes) In times like the present men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and in eternity (Ter Quotes) Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence, and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face; and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them (Ter Quotes) Good books are to the young mind what the warming sun and the refreshing rain of spring are to the seeds which have lain dormant in the frosts of winter. They are more, for they may save from that which is worse than death, as well as bless with that which is better than life (Ter Quotes) I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer (Ter Quotes) I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed (Ter Quotes) But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden to us, and only after that government refused to do that did we invade (Ter Quotes) A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain durability (Ter Quotes) There's something so romantic about being broke in New York. You gotta do it. You have to live there once without any money, and then you have to live there when you have money. Let me tell you, of the two, the latter is far better (Ter Quotes)

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