2008 Woodie Awards
Quotable Moments
Issue date: 10/17/03 Section: Business Conference
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"The two-party system is terrific. It gives us one more choice than communist Russia does."
- Jesse Ventura
on the U.S. political system
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"I know Arnold Schwarzenegger. He's a very nice guy, but my Uncle Saul is a very nice guy and he shouldn't be president or governing, either."
- Alan King
on California's new governor
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"And now small boys weep on their mothers' knees and say, 'Why can't I grow up to be president?'"
- Mary Robinson,
former president of Ireland, on the fact she was succeeded by a woman
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"Today, first base is groping, feeling, kissing, which today is called tonsil hockey, which I think is a tremendous improvement over French kissing. Second base is oral sex, third base is going all the way. Home plate is being introduced."
- Tom Wolfe,
author, discussing what he calls the "seven-minute seduction" among college students
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"I remember one day, he had made up one of his words. I think it was, 'misunder-estimate.' Whenever that happens, I joked his brain worked faster than his mouth does. And it happened to be the same day he had called the terrorists 'folks.' It was up to me to say, 'Mr. President, these are trained killers. You might not want to be calling them folks.' And he, of course, said, 'Well, there are bad folks in the world, too.'"
- Karen Hughes,
former communications director for George W. Bush, on working for the president
"How many of you really like those people you had Thanksgiving dinner with? Do you really like them all? Then don't go! Why are you going to granmother's house if she's a witch? Stay home. Live your life according to what's right for you."
- Deborah Norville,
on living your life with confidence
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"I believe that one reason why we were able to get a peace agreement in Northern Ireland after 30 years of war ... is that the public became exhausted with war and women became an active political force in Northern Ireland for the first time."
- Jesse Ventura
on the U.S. political system
***
"I know Arnold Schwarzenegger. He's a very nice guy, but my Uncle Saul is a very nice guy and he shouldn't be president or governing, either."
- Alan King
on California's new governor
***
"And now small boys weep on their mothers' knees and say, 'Why can't I grow up to be president?'"
- Mary Robinson,
former president of Ireland, on the fact she was succeeded by a woman
***
"Today, first base is groping, feeling, kissing, which today is called tonsil hockey, which I think is a tremendous improvement over French kissing. Second base is oral sex, third base is going all the way. Home plate is being introduced."
- Tom Wolfe,
author, discussing what he calls the "seven-minute seduction" among college students
***
"I remember one day, he had made up one of his words. I think it was, 'misunder-estimate.' Whenever that happens, I joked his brain worked faster than his mouth does. And it happened to be the same day he had called the terrorists 'folks.' It was up to me to say, 'Mr. President, these are trained killers. You might not want to be calling them folks.' And he, of course, said, 'Well, there are bad folks in the world, too.'"
- Karen Hughes,
former communications director for George W. Bush, on working for the president
"How many of you really like those people you had Thanksgiving dinner with? Do you really like them all? Then don't go! Why are you going to granmother's house if she's a witch? Stay home. Live your life according to what's right for you."
- Deborah Norville,
on living your life with confidence
***
"I believe that one reason why we were able to get a peace agreement in Northern Ireland after 30 years of war ... is that the public became exhausted with war and women became an active political force in Northern Ireland for the first time."