#ill

My greatest fear is that the audience will beat me to the punch line. ↗

— David Mamet

#beat #fear #greatest #line #me

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles. ↗

— Gene Fowler

#counseled #hear #helped #knuckles #rap

I think I was lucky to come of age in a place and time - the American South in the 1960s and '70s - when the machine hadn't completely taken over life. The natural world was still the world, and machines - TV, telephone, cars - were still more or less ancillary, and computers were unheard of in everyday life. ↗

— Ben Fountain

#american #cars #come #completely #computers

Factions are a sign of illness in a party. ↗

— Ernest Mandel

#illness #party #sign

Although we were never pals and occasionally butted heads, my relationship with Clinton and his wife, Hillary, made me a better journalist. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#better #clinton #heads #hillary #his

Barack Obama may have found the answer to his biggest rhetorical challenge: When millions of voters are unemployed or underemployed, how does a president simultaneously sound realistic and optimistic? ↗

— Ron Fournier

#barack #barack obama #biggest #challenge #does

Most political journalists come to Washington because they're snappy writers, big thinkers, or news breakers. Me? My ticket to the big leagues had little to do with talent. It was mostly about the governor I was covering, Bill Clinton. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#because #big #big leagues #bill #bill clinton

Obama might do well to remember that his fast rise from the Illinois state Senate was due in large part to an uncanny ability to make friends and find mentors. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#due #fast #find #friends #his

Obama still has work to do with the vision thing. Convincing voters that he has a credible, practical plan to turn the nation around is a process, not a speech. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#convincing #credible #nation #obama #plan

Obama will learn from his mistakes. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#learn #mistakes #obama #will