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“I have characterized Nixon as a loner, a cold man with great self-confidence and a one-track mind centered on the advancement of Richard Nixon.”

Book:With No Apologies

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With No Apologies

This book provides a candid look into the life and thoughts of the author, exploring their journey and beliefs with an unapologetic tone. more

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Barry Goldwater

Barry Goldwater, a former United States Senator, was born on January 2, 1909, and passed away on May 29, 1998. He was known for his conservative political stance and was a Senator from Arizona from 1953 to 1965. more

“When a Pueblo Indian does not feel in the right mood, he stays away from the men's council. When an ancient Roman stumbled on the threshold as he left the house, he gave up his plans for the day. This seems to us senseless, but under primitive conditions of life such an omen inclines one at least to be cautious. When I am not in full control of myself, my bodily movements may be under a certain constraint; my attention is easily distracted; I am somewhat absent-minded. As a result I knock against something, stumble, let something fall, or forget something.”

“That is the operatic problem; the singer must keep up a big head of steam while trying to appear secretive, or seductive, or consumptive. Some ingenious composer should write an opera about a group of people who were condemned by a cruel god to scream all the time; it would be an instantaneous success, and a triumph of versimilitude.”

People Should Writing Trying Problem Bigs Would Be Groups Singers Triumph Scream Opera Composer Steam Seductive Ingenious Secretive Instantaneous Big Heads

Book:The papers of Samuel Marchbanks

Source: The papers of Samuel Marchbanks

“I thought of something my old coach at Staunton had often said: 'We win some, we lose some, and some get rained out; but we always suit up.'”

Said Winning Loses Coaches Suits

Book:With No Apologies

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“That Plato's Republic should have been admired, on its political side, by decent people, is perhaps the most astonishing example of literary snobbery in all history.”

People Should Has Beens Political Sides Example Should Have Decent Republic Plato Astonishing Should Have Been Snobbery Plato S Plato's Republic

Book:The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

Source: The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

“All things are poisons. It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a poison and a remedy.”

All Things Poison Remedy Dose

Author:Paracelsus

“It is often just as important to be perceived as something as actually to be that something and, as a matter of fact, a candidate need not be anything ideologically at all.”

Needs Important Matter Facts Candidates Matter Of Fact

Author:Jimmy Carter

“Only a lunatic would want to be president. These lunatics are created deliberately by those who wish to be presided over.”

Want Wish President Lunatic

Book:Geek Love: A Novel

Source: Geek Love: A Novel

“Protestants, from the first, have been distinguished from their opponents by what they do not believe; to throw over one more dogma is, therefore, merely to carry the movement one stage further. Moral fervor is the essence of the matter.”

Firsts Believe Has Beens Matter Moral Stage Movement Essence Opponents Dogma Distinguished Protestants Fervor

Book:Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

Source: Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

“The second rector of [St. John's in] Providence was blown out of church one Sunday by 'an extraordinary gust of wind,' and the people, welcoming this ejection as an act of heaven, refused to let him in again.”

People Heaven Church Wind Extraordinary Welcome Sunday Providence

Author:George Hodges (theologian)

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