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Jeff Greenfield has 38 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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The niftiest turn of phrase, the most elegant flight of rhetorical fancy, isn't worth beans next to a clear thought clearly expressed.
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Describing the jury in the OJ Simpson murder trial: These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed…
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Victory has 1,000 fathers; defeat has 1,000 kibitzers.
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There is no such thing as political science, but there are tenancies so strong that they might as well be called laws…
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In politics, Bugs Bunny always beats Daffy Duck. Daffy's always going berserk, jumping up and down, yelling. Bugs's got that sly smile,…
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A citizen at his home in Rockford, Illinois, or Boulder, Colorado, could read a newspaper, listen to a radio, or watch the…
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Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.
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Television is one of the most fickle businesses that there are, you are in favour one minute and out the next.
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If the court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, is that a 'liberal' result enabling gay couples married in states where…
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History doesn't turn on a dime; it turns on a plugged nickel.
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I got into writing and thinking about politics because I was told there would be no math.
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In another life, before taking the veil of journalistic purity, I practiced the black arts of a political operative, including 'debate prep.
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My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere.
— Jim Carrey
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It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar…
— Jim Carrey
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My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.
— Jimmy Carter
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Bipartisanship on behalf of an imprudent policy can be folly, just as partisanship on behalf of a just cause can be wise.…
— Unknown Author
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Foreign policy of a pluralistic democracy like the United States should be based on bipartisanship because bipartisanship is the means and the…
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.
— Ed Harris
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I've reached a point in my life where my Truman Show boat has hit the painting.
— Kanye West
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Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.
— Stephen Ambrose
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Harry Truman once said, 'There are 14 or 15 million Americans who have the resources to have representatives in Washington to protect…
— John F. Kennedy
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We have got to accept Big Government for the duration-for neither an offensive nor a defensive war can be waged, given our…
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.
— Lord Mountbatten
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I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.
— Joseph Epstein
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