"Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point……" — Gail Collins
"Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of public rejection."
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81 Quotes by Gail Collins
Gail Collins has 81 quotes on this site.
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Nobody gets to grow old in the America they grew up in.
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DePaulo says that 'singlism' -- a term she coined and for which we are prepared to forgive her -- is…
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Well, it'd certainly be fascinating if we discovered that gays were better at being married than heterosexuals are. Talk about…
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When people say this isn't the America they grew up in, they're right. Nobody gets to grow old in the…
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Whenever you bring up women's internal workings, guys want to change the subject. Unless, of course, they're trying to change…
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Women are needed in the military because there aren't enough soldiers, and we're seeing more women serve.
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You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look…
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As long as we decline to allow sick, uninsured people to just lie down and die on the side of…
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If immigration reform passes, it'll be a big victory for sanity - nobody really believes it's healthy for a country…
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Non-crazy gun advocates - the ones who aren't stockpiling in preparation for a zombie invasion - don't like the idea…
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You hear younger women say, 'I don't believe I'm a feminist. I believe women should have equal right and I…
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Any time you write history, you insert your opinion. You pick and choose what you are going to write about.…
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More Campaigns Quotes
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When migraines briefly became a campaign issue for me, it appeared that political foes were maybe playing the gender card.
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I would agree that President Carter didn't live up to the expectation we all had when he came in 1976.…
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During the campaign for re-election, Barack Obama at least made vague references to a willingness to accept $3 trillion of…
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Something very significant appears to be happening in America. There is a dramatic shift in voter affinity toward the GOP,…
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When I met Paul Ryan 22 years ago, he was a student at Miami of Ohio volunteering on my campaign.
— John Boehner
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I don't think I would have to run a campaign that's financed like General Motors.
— John Bolton
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I'm a chairperson for 'No Kid Hungry', a campaign for poor American children.
— Jeff Bridges
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There are many elements to a campaign. Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two.
— Bertolt Brecht
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Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's…
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I'm not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder,…
— George H. W. Bush
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If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.
— George W. Bush
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Candidates are making lasting impressions on voters, not just primary voters, in how they campaign.
— Jeb Bush
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