Gerrymandering Quote by James Lileks Download Open image ““She was from the wrong side of the tracks no matter how you gerrymandered the town.”” — James Lileks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Gerrymandering Tracks
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“But she was out of earshot, already moving on down the street amongst the other passers-by.” — Frank Caron Copy Share Image
“her on the train all the way to Billings. She had no way of knowing that” — Juliet James Copy Share Image
“She spun the car through a right turn that would have killed us all had we been minor characters.” — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
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“So Jane was getting married. Well, more power to her. In fact, let me tighten those straps. Any word from the governor on the… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
There are three stages to a man's life. 1. He laughs at Clark Griswold. 2. He sympathizes deeply with Clark Griswold. 3. He laughs at Clark Griswold. — James Lileks Copy Share Image
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I’ll feel that horrible feeling in my stomach you get when you’ve gone over to the Dark Side. But I’ll be fine. That’s the… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
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The same people who accuse America of coddling dictators are sputtering with bilious fury because we actually deposed one. — James Lileks Copy Share Image
And I don't want posture lessons from a country that spent the last 20 years flopping on its back and grabbing its ankles when… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
It takes a particularly rarified variety of idiot to look at a Jew-hating fascist with a small mustache - and decide that his opponent… — James Lileks Copy Share Image
“She was moving slowly, appearing to come no closer. Perhaps she was losing ground against the earth's rotation.” — James Lileks Copy Share Image
If you think the ’80s were dumber than the ’70s, either you weren’t there or you weren’t paying attention. — James Lileks Copy Share Image
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Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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We always look at gerrymandering and what it has done to voting in America, but what I realized the other day is that the… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Even in Madison's day, the practice of gerrymandering for partisan advantage was familiar. In the late seventeen-eighties, there were claims that Patrick Henry had… — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
The Christian religion is so manifestly contrary to the facts, belief in it can only be held with the most delusional gerrymandering imaginable. — Richard Carrier Copy Share Image
“Contemplative practices have a way of gracefully gerrymandering the borders that once rigidly defined self and other.” — Kyle Parton Copy Share Image