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Lookit, I've done it their way this far and now it's my turn. I'm my own handler. Any questions? Ask me ... There's not going to be any more handler stories because I'm the handler ... I'm Doctor Spin.

Dan Quayle

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Dan Quayle
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 4
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I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.
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It is not death that I'm apparently now succumbing to, but the rapid diminishment of lifeforce from this body of mine.
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We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.
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Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.
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Office of the Vice President... The Council on Competativeness.
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Murphy Brown is doing better than I am. At least she knows she still has a job next year.
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On the security front, the United States must continue to play a leadership role. There simply is not another country in the world that commands the respect or has the capabilities that we do, and we must not shrink from our responsibilities.
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I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman.
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If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.
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When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame.
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This isn't a man who is leaving with his head between his legs.
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I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.
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Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win.
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[The US is] naked, absolutely nude, to attack [by the Soviets].
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We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.
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Who would have predicted... that Dubcek, who brought the tanks in in Czechoslovakia in 1968 is now being proclaimed a hero in Czechoslovakia. Unbelievable.
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The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?
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I feel that this is my first year, that next year is an election year, that the third year is the mid point, and that the fourth year is the last chance I'll have to make a record since the last two years I'll be a candidate again. Everything I do in those last two years will be posturing for the election. But right now I don't have to do that.
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I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It's one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.
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Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.
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