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The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president. ↗

— Dean Acheson

#between #both #important #important aspect #most

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. ↗

— Dean Acheson

#bullet #closes #like #military #passes

Things always happen in series. ↗

— Arthur Adamov

#happen #series #things

On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free and easy, and actually we're far more moralistic than any other society I've ever lived in. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#actually #any #each #easy #ever

But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#guys #men #more #most #such

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#find #get #i #just #length

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to oppose you or whatever. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#hurt #i #i think #important #oppose

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don't get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#fiction #get #i #influenced #like

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#body #female #found #had #half

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country is that no one talks out. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#i #i think #out #power #reasons