Meghan Daum Quotes

In the world of opinion writing, there's something called the 'to be sure' paragraph. A sort of rhetorical antibiotic, it seeks to defend against critics by injecting a tiny bit of counter-argument before moving on with the main point.

Meghan Daum

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There's an old rule of thumb in politics that 90 percent of all 90 year-olds vote and 25 percent of all 25 year-olds vote.

Joe Kennedy III

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We were just emerging from the Depression. Superman started in 1938. Batman started in 1939. So, we were just recovering.

Jerry Robinson

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We have to face the fact that meaningful gun control has to be a part of homeland security.

Jeh Johnson

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If you are the record label who owns Lady Gaga, and you have a new artist coming up, you can say, 'Let's have the artist play just before Gaga.' Now you've exposed the huge Gaga audience to the new artist. It's similar to showing a trailer before a movie. The hit creates a hit.

Anita Elberse

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Hawaii can be heaven and it can be hell.

Jeff Goldblum

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I have definitely gone through my ups and downs and faced my adversity and my nay-sayers, but managed to do all right. It is a pretty classic tale.

Steve Nash

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My putting strategy is simple: If you're not making putts, don't be afraid to change your technique.

Louis Oosthuizen

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Basically, I think some of the weight helped take some of the walls down in reality, so basically I got a little more confident. I'm definitely not super confident, but I am confident that I don't have to hide behind those layers of fat and that I can actually open up to people a little more.

Lisa Lampanelli

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I am part of a vast generation of people who perpetually live as if they just graduated from college.

Jonathan Ames

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I'm into the whole song-as-a-piece-of-music thing: if it literally doesn't call for it, if it already has enough stuff going on, then it's okay not to play a solo.

Dimebag Darrell

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I really just love to open a blank document and spew, whereas with a screenplay I have to be more judicious.

Diablo Cody

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The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.

Corazon Aquino

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