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In the end, it's not what you do for your children but what you've taught them to do for themselves.

Confucianism is all about tempering your instincts with intellectual discipline, with book learning.

As far as I'm concerned, you're a feminist by default if you're born in the Western world right now.

There are some women out there who are just going to look better with a mustache: that's statistics.

Simultaneously, my two biggest heroes are Susan Sontag and Morticia Addams from 'The Addams Family.'

I've defended the Clintons longer than I've been a liberal, but I don't have any nostalgia for that.

Dressing with style is akin to issuing a manifesto; dressing fashionably is like signing a petition.

Men like women who are fun to be around, who are kind, intelligent, honest and who don't play games.

I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.

Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?

George Bush says what John Kerry did was noble. Yet he sees him being savaged by his own supporters.

Am I the only person covering politics who ever noticed that Newt Gingrich is actually a nincompoop?

We bar girls don't cheat on wives, we are just the rope that cheating husbands hang themselves with.

The tendency for politicians to claim credit for favorable news is as natural as flatulence in cows.

I've got about 27 gigs right now. I've got radio, I've got television, I've got The Washington Post.

The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.

You cannot beat the clock. My advice is to grab your moments of grace and enjoy them while they last.

Ask 10 people about their family relationships and at least five of them will report an estrangement.

If criticism is needed, do it tactfully. Don't use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job.

Liberalism is wrong because it doesn't work. If a company is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.

You can't be wise without being intelligent, but you certainly can be intelligent without being wise.

Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term.

Ultimately, our future is like a mirror. Whenever we face it, it always reflects what we left behind.

Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before.

The Democrats have tried the war against women in the past. It didn't really have that much traction.

I'm a nonstop extrovert, a people person who loves mingling and gabbing and getting out in the world.

John McCain is a liar and flip-flopper and panderer and bully and whiner. And it seems to be working.

My husband and I are pretty good at leaving money alone until we need it for what we've saved it for.

Either we figure out how to keep corporate cash out of the political system or we lose the democracy.

It really is possible to disagree with someone's policies without hating them. Grown-ups can do that.

Beware of what you let enter your heart. There will come a day when you'd give anything to remove it.

Sometimes I think life's only mission is to bring us to our knees...the perfect position to seek God.

Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.

Individuals who are uncomfortable with themselves sometimes emit vibes that make others uncomfortable.

People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They don't consider it servitude.

Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.

She appears to have a face that would stop a clock and raise hell with small watches, bless her heart.

Nowhere more than in New York does the contest between squalor and splendor so sharply present itself.

Football combines the two worst things about America: it is violence punctuated by committee meetings.

It seems you haven't really become a success until you have as many people as possible condemning you.

I have a friend who is an excellent liar. His secret: Believe the lie yourself when you're telling it.

There was no excuse for Dallas Cowboys to lose to Washington. Rivalry or not, Redskins are a bad team.

I never intended to be a journalist. Frankly, I don't think I ever was a journalist. I backed into it.

Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process.

There's nothing wrong with having a 9-to-5 job, but figure out a way to have another stream of income.

The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.

And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.

I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off.

I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.

The uproar of the late '60s - the antiwar movement, black riots, angry women. It was a wonderful time.

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