George Packer Quotes
Gingrich was a far more volatile and aggressive individual than Boehner, but the institutional norms of self-restraint, and perhaps even self-interest, have broken down under the pressure of an increasingly abnormal Republican Party.
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.
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I'm a proud family man.
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Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
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This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.
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It's good to go out and entertain these people, and you've got them on the edge of their seat, they're standing up. Then you know that you've done your job, you've entertained them. My way of entertaining them is going out and wrestling. Everyone's got their different ways.
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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We all assume that if you're weak and poor, you're never going to win. In fact, the real world is full of examples where the exact opposite happens, where the weak win and the strong screw up.
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My grandma passed away from cancer, and actually, when I was 18, I had an experience with melanoma – it's in the family. I had that experience where everything comes into perspective. It's the weirdest thing, 'cause you're like, 'It will never happen to me,' and when it does, it's like, 'OK, wow.'
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Anti-Semitism is extremely common.
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Life is too short to be on a diet.
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The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time.
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My desires are simply I love to teach, I love to be in uniform, I love to throw batting practice, I love to be with the kids.
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It's great living with your best friends.
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Nature was here a series of wonders, and a fund of delight.
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Here's the thing, back in the day, a lot of guys would make fun of me, that I would sing and dance, that I was a cheerleader. But I kept my head on straight. I had goals.
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Like I said, everybody has got something they have to deal with health-wise, and everybody's human. I should look after myself better, but so should everybody, right?
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Nobody wants to retire from football.
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The worst environmental decision you can make as a human being is to have 14 kids.
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You too can win Nobel Prizes. Study diligently. Respect DNA. Don't smoke. Don't drink. Avoid women and politics. That's my formula.
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So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawnWhich once he wore;The glory from his gray hairs goneFor evermore!
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Thanks to aid, a distressing number of African leaders care little about what their citizens want or need - after all it's the reverse of the Boston tea-party - no representation without taxation.
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Lifelong dissent has more than acclimated me cheerfully to defeat. It has made me suspicious of victory. I feel uneasy at the very idea of a Movement. I see every insight degenerating into a dogma, and fresh thoughts freezing into lifeless party line.
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Gingrich was a far more volatile and aggressive individual than Boehner, but the institutional norms of self-restraint, and perhaps even self-interest, have broken down under the pressure of an increasingly abnormal Republican Party.
