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When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.


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Never assume the obvious is true.

Never assume the obvious is true.



Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.



To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.

To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.



As long as one American is hungry... then we have unfinished business in this country.

As long as one American is hungry... then we have unfinished business in this country.



It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.



The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.



Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.

Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.



The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.



Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.



Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.

Writers who used to show off their erudition no longer sing in the bare ruined choir of the media.





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We hear the word Warrior used to describe women and men who show up, give their very best, and refuse to quit until the goal is reached.

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