[On General William Boykin] I hope he's not long for this world.
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After a rebuke, corrected herself: "No, no. I mean, in his job. In his job, in his job, please, in his job."
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Inside Washington, PBS, October 10, 2003. Partial Transcript by NPR ombudsman.Nina Totenberg
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One of the Generals in charge of this war policy went on a speaking tour in his spare time to declare before evangelical groups that the US is in a holy war as "Christian Nation battling Satan." This same General Boykin was the person who ordered the officer who was in charge of the detainees in Guantanamo Bay to extend his methods to Iraq detainees, prisoners.
Al Gore
As for an afterlife, there has been a general decline in the general acceptance of it as a certainty, and though a few rationalists may be pleased, to many people this has added a new terror to death. We are reluctant, in the main, to consider the disappearance of ourselves and consequently all we feel and know. Every man's death is, literally, the end of a world if he dies without hope. We have exchanged Gone Elsewhere for Gone Nowhere.
Robertson Davies
William always scanned the airports and airplanes for little brown guys who reeked of fundamentalism. That meant William was equally afraid of Osama bin Laden and Jerry Falwell wearing the last vestiges of a summer tan. William himself was a little brown guy, so the other travelers were always sniffing around him, but he smelled only of Dove soap, Mennen deoderant, and sarcasm.
Sherman Alexie
"As you know Gallas had an unbelievable holiday. I hope he enjoyed it very much in Guadeloupe, which I think is a fantastic place to be on holiday, so he wanted to stay there for a long time."[On William Gallas missing the first team's trip to the United States because he was on holiday.]
Jose Mourinho
William I知 sorry I let my brother hoist you up the mast in that crappy jury-rigged bosun痴 chair while everybody laughed! William I知 sorry I could build better fires than you could! I知 sorry my stack of Christmas cards was always bigger than yours! ... William I知 sorry I invented bop jogging which you couldn稚 do! I知 sorry I loved Antigua! I知 sorry my mind wandered when you talked about the army! I知 sorry I was superior in argument! I知 sorry you slit open my bicycle tires looking for incriminating letters that you didn稚 find! You値l never find them! ... William! I知 sorry I looked at Sam but he was so handsome, so handsome, who could not! I知 sorry I slept with Sam! I知 sorry about the library books! I知 sorry about Pete! I知 sorry I never played the guitar you gave me! I知 sorry I married you and I値l never so it again!
Donald Barthelme
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