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    The worst abuse of process is that the United States senators — the majority of which were for John Bolton — were denied the opportunity to have the fairness of an up or down vote, ... What they ought to be doing, instead of diminishing and criticizing John Bolton, they ought to get behind him.

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There can be little liking where there is no likeness

There can be little liking where there is no likeness

by Aesop Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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If our greatest hungers were to be granted as easily as our bodily needs, we certainly would never be able read more

If our greatest hungers were to be granted as easily as our bodily needs, we certainly would never be able to achieve the noble feelings of friendship and love.Patience will make the banquet of life ever so much more resplendent.

by Anne Austin Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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Bush was desperate to keep the Times from running this important story - which the paper had already inexplicably held read more

Bush was desperate to keep the Times from running this important story - which the paper had already inexplicably held for a year - because he knew that it would reveal him as a law-breaker. He insists he had 'legal authority derived from the Constitution and congressional resolution authorizing force.' But the Constitution explicitly requires the president to obey the law. And the post 9/11 congressional resolution authorizing 'all necessary force' in fighting terrorism was made in clear reference to military intervention. It did not scrap the Constitution and allow the president to do whatever he pleased in any area in the name of fighting terrorism.

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The role that publishers play in terms of helping to put together the product in a way that has market read more

The role that publishers play in terms of helping to put together the product in a way that has market appeal, in publicizing the product ... that's something that Stephen King was able to forgo by going directly to the public, based on his reputation, ... Most artists, and especially new authors, don't have that ability.

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It is thus that the few rare lucid well-disposed people who have had to struggle on the earth find themselves read more

It is thus that the few rare lucid well-disposed people who have had to struggle on the earth find themselves at certain hours of the day or night in the depth of certain authentic and waking nightmare states, surrounded by the formidable suction, the formidable oppression of a kind of civic magic which will soon be seen appearing openly in social behavior.

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I was pleased with the effort our kids put forth from the start of the game. We got a little read more

I was pleased with the effort our kids put forth from the start of the game. We got a little bit sloppy at the end and we need to be sharper. We need to keep getting better.

by Dan Abdalla Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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I've been in this business for years, and this has been the hardest three days.

I've been in this business for years, and this has been the hardest three days.

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He misses playing. He prepared really hard for his senior year. It has been tough on him.

He misses playing. He prepared really hard for his senior year. It has been tough on him.

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That went a long way to helping our confidence. Anyone we face now probably won't be better than him. When read more

That went a long way to helping our confidence. Anyone we face now probably won't be better than him. When you face someone like that, you probably won't face someone who throws harder.

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