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Issue Date: December 17, 2004 Quotable & Notable Im going to take more time to think about fewer things. -- NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw discussing plans for his retirement For $2,300 a month, I can make the mortgage payments for everybody on my block [back home] and buy cat food. -- Emmanuel Cleaver, a freshman congressman from Missouri, expressing dismay at rental prices in the nations capital. Cleaver, a Methodist minister and former mayor of Kansas City, Mo., is a veteran activist in local politics. I think the current divisions are partly the fault of the people in my party for not engaging the Christian evangelical community in a serious discussion of what it would take to promote a real culture of life. -- Former President Bill Clinton A global warrior with dyed blond hair and waxed legs was never going to conquer an America fresh out of a presidential election in which gay rights became a major issue. -- The London Independent explaining the box office flop of Alexander It could be the mood of the country right now. It seems to be the result of the election. Maybe [audiences] didnt want to see a guy that slept around. -- Wayne Llewellyn of Paramount studios on the tepid response to Alfie, a remake of a romantic comedy about a roguish womanizer National Catholic Reporter, December 17, 2004 |
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