The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happy at weddings, which is a strain, so they get depressed; they have to be sad at funerals, which is easy, so they get happy. - Peggy Noonan Quotes
The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happy at weddings, which is a strain, so they get depressed; they have to be sad at funerals, which is easy, so they get happy. Peggy Noonan
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My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage. - Peggy Noonan Quotes

My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair, chose marijuana. Now we are in our Cabernet stage.

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Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen. - Peggy Noonan Quotes

Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.

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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 Quotes

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.

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 Editing And Editors
Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents. - Peggy Noonan Quotes

Now he is a statesman, when what he really wants is to be what most reporters are, adult delinquents.

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 Adults Journalism And Journalists
could even shove Alberto Gonzales down their throats. - Peggy Noonan Quotes

could even shove Alberto Gonzales down their throats.

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Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature. - Peggy Noonan Quotes

Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.

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Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are. - Peggy Noonan Quotes

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.

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George W. Bush is a big spender. He has never vetoed a spending Bill. When Congress serves up a big slab of fat, crackling pork, Mr Bush responds with one big question: Got any barbecue sauce? - Peggy Noonan Quotes

George W. Bush is a big spender. He has never vetoed a spending Bill. When Congress serves up a big slab of fat, crackling pork, Mr Bush responds with one big question: Got any barbecue sauce?

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 Congress
The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them... - Peggy Noonan Quotes

The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them...

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The most moving thing in a speech is always the logic. It is never flowery and flourishes. It is not sentimental exhortation, it is never the faux poetry we're all subjected to these days. - Peggy Noonan Quotes

The most moving thing in a speech is always the logic. It is never flowery and flourishes. It is not sentimental exhortation, it is never the faux poetry we're all subjected to these days.

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