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“Cockfighting has always been my idea of a great sport -- two armed entrées battling to see who'll be dinner.”

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I'm fascinated by political enthusiasm.

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In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that…

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The Democrats said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with America, and…

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At Epcot Center the Disney corporation has focused its attention on two things greatly in need of Disneyfication: the tedious future and the annoying…

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So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else…

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My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny.

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It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government,…

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Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones.

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Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And he's such…

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Journalists are notoriously easy to kid. All you have to do is speak to a journalist in a very serious tone of voice, and…

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I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've…

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I'll be 56 this year, I've got two kids, and I think it's probably time to go back to writing one-glove jokes.

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The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We…

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My dinners have never interfered with my business. They have been my recreation. . . A public banquet, if eaten with thought and care,…

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Anybody can be Prince Charming one day a year, with the dinner and the flowers and all that. But you know what impresses me?…

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“We just went out for dinner. We didn't participate in a Roman orgy, I swear.”

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Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room.…

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Music [is] the third rail of life. You grabbed it to shock yourself out of the dull drag of hours. To feel something. To…

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Sonny Von Bulow, who said to her husband Claus on their honeymoon, Stop needling me. Never got a dinner!

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Remember, sex is like a Chinese dinner. It ain't over 'til you both get your cookie.

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I have no social life. There is no time for one. Once in a while I may go to dinner with a friend but…

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I'm not a person who would get up at 5 A.M. to write, but I could sacrifice my Friday night and just order in…

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Challenging is good, like good conversation, yes? Who wants to have dinner with the same old easy listening music sounding friends all the time?

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Once, as an experiment, I travelled around the world with a single suit. Before I left, I went to a tailor in Savile Row…

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