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Than Quotes by Timothy Noah
- Nothing energizes me more than to burrow myself under a pile of received wisdom and emerge triumphant with the truth.
- Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts.
- The white working class likes being pandered to even less than it likes being insulted.
- The only agency of the federal government with a more demoralized workforce than Homeland Security is the Small Business Administration, a notorious turkey farm that…
- With so much to be aware of, awareness bracelets have reverted to signifying nothing more than color itself. Idealism has devolved into fashion.
- There is no better example of social and economic policy discussion as an idle pastime for the rich than the World Economic Forum at Davos.…
- Stock prices relative to company assets are no better at signaling the likelihood of future earnings growth than they were the day the Titanic sank,…
- Moderates tend more than ideologues to be other-directed types who respond to external pressure.
- Health care probably contributes a lot more to the common wealth than finance.
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- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
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- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino