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“[On George H.W. Bush:] A man who wishes to lead the Western world should be able to find the right words, string them together in coherent sentences, and steer them to an intelligible conclusion. His sentences have the stuttering start of an old car on a cold morning. They never run smoothly. The only speech part that he has mastered completely is the non sequitur.”
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“That's one good thing about the way life is, that no one can know you if you don't let them.”
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“Don't nag your husband. If he won't carry out your wishes for love of you, he certainly won't because you nag him.”
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“The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most — it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped away in an instant.”
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“Recovery from illness often seems like beginning life all over again.”
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“Wars are fought by children. Conceived by their mad demonic elders, and fought by boys.”
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“... she blushed like a well-trained sunrise.”
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“... in my grandparents' house it was a distinction and a mournful pleasure to be ill. This was partly because my grandfather was always ill, and his children adored him and were inclined to imitate him; and partly because it was so delightful to be pitied and nursed by my grandmother.”