Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. February 21, 1977
Birthday: February 21
There's nothing good about being certain about things. And I don't think there's any real talent in using language in a manipulative way, with phrases like "tax relief" or "Social Security reform." It's politically clever, but it's also completely disingenuous, and it's not something to aspire to.
source: Interview with Joshua Wolf Shenk, www.motherjones.com. May 2005.
topic: Clever, Real, Thinking, Aspire, Disingenuous, Manipulative, Real Talent