Michael Tomasky quotes
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“I tend to cut David Brooks more slack than most people I know do, and I do it for one main reason. He can write. He's the best writer on that page, and I'd usually rather read him than others on that page I'm more likely to agree with.”
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“John McCain is a liar and flip-flopper and panderer and bully and whiner. And it seems to be working.”
-- Michael TomaskySource : "Does being a jerk work?" by Michael Tomasky, www.theguardian.com. August 18, 2008.
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“Hillary Clinton really transformed herself into a national security expert. She decided to join the Senate Armed Services Committee, and she became a real military wonk. She was famous for going to every subcommittee hearing and methodically questioning every lieutenant colonel from the Pentagon about defense procurement or selective service benefits. So that's where she really began to carve out and hone this reputation as a hawk that I think has followed her through the secretary of state years and then into the presidential campaign.”
-- Michael TomaskySource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.”
Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.27, Macmillan
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Source : "Mark Souder: The Hypocrisy of the Hypocrite" by Diana Butler Bass, www.beliefnet.com. May 18, 2010.
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“Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow are going to blow your funky mind!”
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“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”
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“Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.”
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“People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.”
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