F.D.R. achieved greatness not by means of imposing his temperament and intellect on the world but by reacting to what the world… — Maureen Dowd Greatness Copy Share Image
“We've become a nation of Frankensteins, and our monster is us. With everyone working so hard at altering their facades, we no… — Maureen Dowd Natural selection Copy Share Image
The guilty pleasure I miss most when I'm out slogging on the campaign trail is the chance to sprawl on the chaise… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
We are riveted by the soap operas of public lives. We admire the famous most for what makes them infamous: it reassures… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Why can't Google, which likes to see itself as a 'Don't Be Evil' benevolent force in society, just write us a big… — Maureen Dowd Alive Copy Share Image
Obama invented himself against all odds and repeated parental abandonment, and he worked hard to regiment his emotions. But now that can… — Maureen Dowd Abandonment Copy Share Image
The wound-tight, travel-light Obama has a distaste for the adversarial and the random. But if you stick too rigidly to a 'No… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Now that Hillary [Clinton] has won Pennsylvania, it will take a village to help Obama escape from the suffocating embrace of his… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Settling is about not embracing what is best for you and accepting what you really don't want. When you settle, you accept… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
I think even the Hollywood money people are saying they've got to get the party back from the Clinton wing. They can't,… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
When I started as a White House correspondent, there was a lot of criticism from guys saying, 'She focuses too much on… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
“I never presume to give advice on writing. I think the best way to learn to write is to read books and… — Maureen Dowd Books Copy Share Image
IT is an astonishing thing that historians will look back and puzzle over, that in the 21st century, American women were such… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
Since Hillary Clinton is the first time we've had a woman who was a serious contender for president, it's been an adjustment… — Maureen Dowd Choices Copy Share Image
The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage.… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
The Mormons even baptized Anne Frank. It took Ernest Michel, then chairman of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, three years… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
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