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Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.
Jim Hightower
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Jim Hightower
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 11
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But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But I soon figured out that three left turns do.
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The original Greek word idiotes referred to people who might have had a high IQ, but were so self-involved that they focused exclusively on their own life and were both ignorant of and uncaring about public concerns and the common good.
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When Rick Perry says I can do for America what I've done for Texas, pay attention. That's no idle threat.
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The water won't clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek.
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The media isn't only asleep it doesn't want to know this news, that the people are revolting, in the very best sense of the term, revolting against the thieves in high places and reaching out to each other, which is our great strength.
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America's drug war is so stupid that if you pay close attention to just how stupid it is -- it'll drive you to use drugs.
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