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A person's character is what it is. It's a little like a marriage - only without the option of divorce. You can work on it and try to make it better, but basically you have to take the bitter with the sweet.

Hendrik Hertzberg

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Hendrik Hertzberg
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
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New York City
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Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.
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I`m pretty sure there is no such thing as God.
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The filibuster is an affront to commonly understood democratic norms, but then so is the Senate.
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