“Packed with fascinating personal perspective and testimony, Michael Takiffs A Complicated Man wholly justifies its title. The book is far more than a kaleidoscopic oral biography of President Bill Clinton. Aspect by aspect, it guides us through the struggles of postmodern America, as the most ambitious baby boomer of his generation seeks to modernize the Democratic Party-and, as in a Greek drama, is fated to be destroyed. Veritably, an all-American saga, with a cast of thousands-favorable and unfavorable.” MenBookAmericaPresidentPartyStruggleGenerationsPerspectiveBabyDramaAspectBillsDemocraticClintonCastsComplicatedGuidesDestroyedTitlesGreekFascinatingJustifyAmbitiousBiographiesTestimonyDemocratic PartySagaPostmodernBoomersBaby BoomerPresident Bill ClintonGreek Drama Author:Nigel Hamilton
“When adults come together to form an intimate relationship, each person releases into it unresolved issues from their trans-generational pool of unconscious fantasies. Partners are often chosen to actualize certain potentialities for each other, and the unborn baby becomes party to their drama.” PersonsTogetherFormCertainPartyFantasyIssuesBabyDramaAdultsPartnersChosenReleaseIntimateUnconsciousPoolTransUnbornIntimate RelationshipsUnborn BabyUnresolved Issues Book:Pregnancy: The Inside Story Source: Pregnancy: The Inside Story
“Giving a party is like having a baby: its conception is more fun than its completion; and once you have begun it, it is almost impossible to stop.” GivingFunPartyImpossibleBabyConceptionCompletionHaving A Baby Book:A pocketful of pebbles Source: A pocketful of pebbles
“To me having a party is something like having a baby. The fact that you got through the last one alive is not somehow sufficiently reassuring now.” FactsLastsPartyAliveBabyReassuringHaving A Baby Book:Penny Candy Source: Penny Candy
“Having spent all of my teens and my twenties partying hard (very hard) then working the next day, I can assure you that losing bit of sleep to feed the thing you love most in the world is not a chore at all. Since having a baby I am better rested than ever. Sure, I can't party any more but I don't need to. Because I am happy.” WorldNeedsI CanHardNextBitsSleepPartyBabyLosingTwentiesTeensNext DayChoresHaving A BabyThings You Love Author:James Mullinger
“I've always wanted to do blow with Genghis Khan, 'bet that guy knows how to party. I also think a bottle of wine with Hitchcock would've been cool. Also doing shots with the baby Jesus, bet that guy knows how to party.” ThinkingKnowsWantedGuyJesusPartyKnow HowBabyShotsWineBlowBottlesThat GuyHitchcockBottles Of WineBaby Jesus Author:Mike Mendez
“I've seen women who were nightmare party girls, who were just crazy, and then they have a baby and this thing comes over them and changes them. Or there are women who you think are going to be the most doting mother in the world, and then they're not. You don't know how you'll be affected, when that happens.” ThinkingKnowsWorldHappensMotherGirlPartyKnow HowCrazyBabyNightmareAffectedParty Girl Author:Ivana Milicevic
“I used to walk into a party and scan the room for attractive women. Now I look for women to hold my baby so I can eat potato salad sitting down.” LooksI CanUsedWalksRoomsPartyBabySittingAttractivePotatoesSaladSitting DownMy BabyAttractive WomanPotato Salad Author:Paul Reiser
“When you see the political parties squabble, if a baby is not allowed to be born, all the other issues do not come into play.” IfsPlayPoliticalBornPartyIssuesBabyPolitical PartiesSquabbles Author:Alveda King
“Republicans: steely, rational, paternalistic, respectful of authority, easy to herd, the party of No. Democrats: sugary, emotional, idealistic, yearning for novelty, hard to marshal, the party of Oh Yeah, Baby, Make Mama Feel Good.” FeelsHardEasyPartyEmotionalBabyRepublicanAuthorityYeahDemocratRationalFeel GoodYearningNoveltyMamaRespectfulHerdsIdealistic Author:James Wolcott
“But even with my minimal amount of fame, there are certain perks. Recently, I was at a movie premier, and at the party after the movie, Meryl Streep was loose, walking around the room like a normal person. Absolutely nothing was preventing me from lunging toward her and shrieking "Dingoes ate my baby! Dingoes ate my baby!” PersonsCertainRoomsPartyBabyAmountWalkingFameNormalAbsolutely NothingPreventingMy BabyPerksDingoes Author:Augusten Burroughs