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Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto.

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Tony Snow
Age: 53 †
Born: 1955
Born: June 1
Died: 2008
Died: July 12
Former White House Press Secretary
Journalist
Politician
Radio Personality
Television Presenter
Writer
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Kentucky
Robert Anthony Snow
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We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend.
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The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.
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The last person to achieve unambiguous victory in an air war was Zeus.
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In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.
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When you die, you graduate. I don't worry about death. Sickness teaches there is joy in everything. Take joy in your sickness because a lot of times God is telling you: 'You may not know it, but you're more blessed than you realized.'
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Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe.
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Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing joy, rage, fear triumph, yearning and confusion.
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Love can achieve unexpected majesty in the rocky soil of misfortune.
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George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation.
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Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.
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It's hard to describe, but there are times when... you feel a surge of the Spirit. Somehow you just know: others have chosen, when talking to the Author of all creation, to lift us up - to speak to Him about us!
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Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.
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I hate to tell you, but it's not always pretty up there on Capitol Hill and there have been other scandals as you know that have been more than simply naughty e-mails.
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That said, ID does not qualify as science because it gives us nothing to test or measure. Science requires replicable tests involving measurable variables.
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The United States spends more money on African aid than any nation on earth.
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To have faith is to believe in truth, believe that truth confers special power on those lucky enough to get a little insight, and to know in our hearts that all these things come from God, which is why we should never get too cocky about our successes.
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American journalists and politicians made a perfect spectacle of themselves in discussing the Abu Ghraib prison controversy.
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One of the problems with NPR is that there is so much political correctness that if you've got a name that looks like it was made up by Rudyard Kipling, you've got a better chance of getting hired. I'm a white guy named Tony Snow for heaven's sake. That's as white as it goes.
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The art of being sick is not the same as the art of getting well.
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If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.
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