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A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart.

Peggy Noonan

When men in politics are together, testosterone poisoning makes them insane.

Peggy Noonan

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.

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Humor is the shock absorber of life; it helps us take the blows.

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Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves. No one throws ticker tape on the man who chose to be faithful to his wife, on the lawyer who didn't take the drug money...

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Naps are nature's way of reminding you that life is nice — like a beautiful, softly swinging hammock strung between birth and infinity.

Peggy Noonan

We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom....Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls.

Peggy Noonan

Peggy Noonan

Peggy Noonan

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Born: September 7, 1950 (age 74)

Bio: Margaret Ellen "Peggy" Noonan is an American author of several books on politics, religion, and culture, and a weekly columnist for The Wall Street Journal.

Known for:

On Speaking Well (1998)
The Time of Our Lives: Collected Writings (2015)

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