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One of the reasons the deficit got as big as it did, frankly, was because of the economic slowdown, the fall-off in deficits, the terrorist attacks. A significant chunk was taken out of the economy by what happened after the attacks of 9/11. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#attacks #because #big #chunk #deficit

I soon discovered, after I became chairman of the NEH, that, for a number of academics, the truth was not merely irrelevant - it no longer existed. ↗

— Lynne Cheney

#after #became #chairman #discovered #existed

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.' ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#country #desperate #drunk #ever #except

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#brow #dissolves #fairest #flying #hours

I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas. ↗

— Cher

#aunt #bad #cheap #christmas #everything

If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen. ↗

— Cher

#happen #how #make #make it happen #out

Words are like weapons; they wound sometimes. ↗

— Cher

#sometimes #weapons #words #wound

I know it sounds weird, but how bad, how hard can dying be? ↗

— Cher

#dying #hard #how #i #know

If you don't hurt anybody or try to steal anything, you'll be fine in the South. ↗