Year: 2004
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~A good thing for Martha
In the world of criminal defense, where the first three rules are shut up, shut up, shut up, she talked to federal investigators twice. In the world of corporate public relations, where appearance is everything, she disappeared for too long. At trial, the jury seemed to resent her celebrity cheering section—sorry, Rosie—and the fact that…
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Defending the "sanctity" of marriage
Oklahoma State Representative Mike O’Neal (author of that state’s Defense of Marriage Act) – just charged with felony charges of sexual batteryFormer Senator Bob Dole divorced the mother of his child, a woman who nursed him through a long recovery from war wounds.Newt "Family Values" Gingrich divorced his wife as she lay dying of cancer. …
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Luck
Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid.John Dewey
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Know your State Motto?
Alabama: Hell Yes, We Have ElectricityArkansas: Literacy Ain’t EverythingCalifornia: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your HondaConnecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedy’s Don’t Own It YetFlorida: Home of the headless driversHawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha’ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, Leave Your Money)Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes … Well Okay, We’re Not,…
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Mediocrity
The road to mediocrity is littered with empty ketchup packets.Fire Border Sauce packet, Taco Bell
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Overheard at dinner
We took our son Daniel out to dinner for his 15th birthday last Saturday. It seemed to take forever to get a table for six, and were finally seated near the line. We were talking when I distinctly overheard the sous chef say, "One Pokemon Sorbet." I know I’m getting old, and my hearing isn’t…
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Success
About the only problem with success is that it doesn’t teach you how to deal with failure.Tommy Lasorda