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My friend Phil has a theory that the Lord, having made teenagers, felt constrained to make amends and so created the golden retriever.
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Baseball has a special place in our hearts. It is the game that shows us as we would like to be.
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I am hoping for better times. That's how you know us hapless gardeners — by our dirty fingernails and our absurd, unquenchable optimism about next year.
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Anyone who has undergone home repair lately knows that your everyday artisan uses language so loosely and makes false promises so glibly as to make your politicians, even the presidential candidate, seem like a model of accuracy and rectitude. 'Be there Wednesday at nine,' the workman will tell you. It is a lie. He is humoring you. He says it to silence you, the way you tell a child you will take it to Disneyland if it will stop crying.
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We have a new class in this country: the deserving rich.... The deserving rich do nice things for each other. Comforting the unafflicted is something that comes naturally to them.
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A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
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Mary McGrory
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Born:
August 22, 1918
Died:
April 20, 2004
(aged 85)
Bio:
Mary McGrory was an American journalist and columnist. She specialized in American politics, and was noted for her detailed coverage of political maneuverings.
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