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    Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families and sitcoms. Meanwhile, the corporate lobbies stay right where they are, outlasting all the populist hysteria.

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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying read more

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

by Lord Acton Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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One lesson that we might draw from this incident is that we shouldn't be asking so many questions of jurors. read more

One lesson that we might draw from this incident is that we shouldn't be asking so many questions of jurors. Maybe we should just be asking if they have ever been convicted of a crime, that we ought to know. But, do we really need to know about every arrest and every civil lawsuit and what television programs they watch?

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My goal for this season was to go out on the mound and put my team in position to win read more

My goal for this season was to go out on the mound and put my team in position to win every time I step out there. We lost a lot of guys from last year and I knew I had to step up. I trained really hard in the fall and spring to throw as many pitches as I need to.

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We only got three dogs and two cats from Louisiana. All have been adopted. The first-hand experience we had with read more

We only got three dogs and two cats from Louisiana. All have been adopted. The first-hand experience we had with these kitties is that they had been in cages for so long, we recommended the foster person to let them run and play. Both of the cats ran for two days straight. They were so active; they were a ball of energy.

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My illusions range from romance to rowdiness.

My illusions range from romance to rowdiness.

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Water pressure is very high on these earth-made dams and there are more in danger of collapse as the floods read more

Water pressure is very high on these earth-made dams and there are more in danger of collapse as the floods last a long time and the levels are decreasing very slowly.

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I think we have to keep the proper perspective on high school sports. Sometimes, sports can seem like a runaway read more

I think we have to keep the proper perspective on high school sports. Sometimes, sports can seem like a runaway train, so we have to remind our student-athletes that education comes first, and that you have to be a good sport to play and a good citizen.

by Charlie Adams Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When read more

If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.

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All that accumulation of negative stuff really sunk into the minds of people. And these are the people who serve read more

All that accumulation of negative stuff really sunk into the minds of people. And these are the people who serve on juries.

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