Gail Collins Quotes

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• Nobody gets to grow old in the America they grew up in.
• DePaulo says that 'singlism' -- a term she coined and for which we are prepared to forgive her -- is not just aimed at unmarried…
• Well, it'd certainly be fascinating if we discovered that gays were better at being married than heterosexuals are. Talk about irony.
• When people say this isn't the America they grew up in, they're right. Nobody gets to grow old in the America they grew up in.
• Whenever you bring up women's internal workings, guys want to change the subject. Unless, of course, they're trying to change the laws.
• Women are needed in the military because there aren't enough soldiers, and we're seeing more women serve.
• You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good.
• As long as we decline to allow sick, uninsured people to just lie down and die on the side of the road, everybody has to…
• If immigration reform passes, it'll be a big victory for sanity - nobody really believes it's healthy for a country to have millions and millions…
• Non-crazy gun advocates - the ones who aren't stockpiling in preparation for a zombie invasion - don't like the idea of expanding background checks because…
• You hear younger women say, 'I don't believe I'm a feminist. I believe women should have equal right and I believe in fighting for the…
• Any time you write history, you insert your opinion. You pick and choose what you are going to write about. I feel really happy not…
• At the beginning of his administration, Obama homed right in on Medicare, which he wanted to fix by reducing the overall cost of health care…
• Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to sign…
• Bin Laden wasn't all that central to the terrorist network any more, but taking him down created a kind of national catharsis. It's been a…
• Can I say that I think it should be against the law for one state to use taxpayer money to try to bribe businesses in…
• Certainly Nancy Reagan had an extraordinary effect on her husband. I'm truly not sure that, say, Laura Bush had that much effect on the Bush…
• The Tea Party people say they're angry about socialism, but maybe they're really angry about capitalism. If there's a sense of being looked down upon,…
• The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to marry a guy who is…
• I have always believed the iron rule of politics was that women don't vote for men who yell.

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