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It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk. ”
I live close to Hampstead Heath, so when I do have spare time, I like to raise my white blood cell count with a swim in the men's pond. It's an ambition of mine to swim in the ponds on every day of the year. ”
I don't see I'll ever arrive at the point where I'll say, 'Lance old boy, you've arrived at success.' There's no question about it. Once you get to the point where you've arrived at a station called success, you get complacent and lethargic. Those goals you set keep changing. But it's not a ruthless sort of thing. ”
In politics, they don't want anything that deters whatever their goal is. When people get in the way of that, that's when people get hurt - and sometimes destroyed. ”
The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you did things, or they hear things from other people. ”
The next time you hear me attacked as a socialist - like tomorrow - remember this: I don't believe that government should take over the grocery store down the street or control the means of production. But I believe that the middle class and the working families who produce the wealth of America deserve a fair deal. ”
Any objective observer will conclude that - based on her ideas and her leadership - Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States. ”
The goal of real healthcare reform must be high-quality, universal coverage in a cost-effective way. ”
If the goal of health-care reform is to provide comprehensive, universal health care in a cost-effective way, the only honest approach is a single-payer approach. ”
You've got the top 400 Americans owning more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans. Most folks do not think that is right. ”