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From orphanages to space colonies, it was all shallow but endearingly enthusiastic futurism. Gingrich was the kind of person who read a book or two on something and would then be quite afire as to how this was going to fit into some shining future.

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The greatest moral leader of my lifetime was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose private life does not bear close examination.

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For years, I have been trying to persuade people that George W. Bush, although no Einstein, is not stupid.

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It's a monstrous idea to put people in prison and keep them there.

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The extent to which not just state legislatures but the Congress of the United States are now run by large corporate special interests is beyond mere recognition as fact. The takeover is complete.

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We need to reform the political system, or we'll lose the democracy. I don't think it's that hard. It doesn't take rocket science. We've done it before successfully at the presidential level and tried it several places at the state level.

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Public campaign financing isn't perfect and can doubtlessly be improved upon as we go.

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Losing a part of a breast or all of one or both has, obviously, serious psychological consequences.

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A teenage foot that never tapped to 'Heartbreak Hotel' in the '50s probably belonged to a hopeless grind.

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The idols of one's adolescence tend to endure - you never forget how you worshipped them.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: August 30th, 1944

Died: January 31st, 2007

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