George V. Higgins Quotes
Politics is a choice of enemas. You're gonna get it up the ass, no matter what you do.
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When I give a lot of speeches, they're always on the fly. I mean, I know what I'm going to say roughly, but I do not - will not read.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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Being away from home for six months of the year and seeing your kids grow up on Skype all that time - I think I saw Molly walk for the first time on Skype. That's not good.
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I apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.
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My daughter's still so tiny at the moment; she's just a sweet little meaty thing. But of course, you always think about what you want for them, don't you, and like any parent I want my children to be happy more than anything.
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A lot of these people were getting to where they didn't need help anymore. You have to start all over again.
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Los Angeles is the only place that I can honestly say I have ever called home.
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When you're competitive, the last thing you want to do is come out of a game, regardless of what kind of injury it is - whether it's an ankle, a knee, a rib, or a head injury.
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I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?'
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There seems little doubt in my mind that depression, in particular at the severe end of the experience of this condition, is as real a disorder as diabetes is at the severe end of blood glucose levels.
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Earnestness is stupidity sent to college.
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In order to defend the Chinese race, one must first defend the Confucian culture; and in order to defend the Confucian culture, one must first defend the State. This is because what preserves the race relies upon intelligence, which is in turn nurtured by Confucian education.
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Everybody thinks that they're going to time the market, they're going to sharpshoot the market, and buy right at the bottom. The truth of the matter is that nobody is good at it.
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And so I missed those best years and I find it difficult for me, in groups, to be comfortable.
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We should perceive that man's period of historical existence, a period so short that his physical constitution has not been altered in the slightest degree, is insufficient to allow of any considerable mental change.
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Gone are the days when reality fed the feminist movement.
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I see a New York where people who are down on their luck can get back on the road to responsibility, a job and dignity.
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I just wanted to say hi to Pittsburgh as well because I miss it.
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The gods bestowed on Max the gift of perpetual old age.
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I try to keep myself young as possible. I vow to never let my hair go grey.
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Protest politics has been vibrant against Bush and the war in Iraq, but it's been intergenerational. This doesn't seem to be a resurgence of student activism.
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In inner-party politics, these methods lead, as we shall yet see, to this: the party organization substitutes itself for the party, the central committee substitutes itself for the organization, and, finally, a dictator substitutes himself for the central committee.
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Politics is a choice of enemas. You're gonna get it up the ass, no matter what you do.
