Wit penetrates humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence humor is imagination operating on good nature.
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Remember the waterfront shack with the sign Fresh Fish Sold Here. Of course it's fresh, we're on the ocean. Of course it's for sale, we're not giving it away. Of course it's here, otherwise the sign would be someplace else. The final sign Fish.Peggy Noonan
If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault.
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The 2008 election settled nothing, not even for a while. Our national politics are reflecting what appears to be going on geologically, on the bottom of the oceans and beneath the crust of the Earth: the tectonic plates are moving.
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Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.
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Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.
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I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps.
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