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Any time you write history, you insert your opinion. You pick and choose what you are going to write about. I feel really happy not inserting myself. I spend too much of my life inserting myself. It's just great to let other people carry the narrative.
~ Gail Collins
About
Any
Carry
Choose
Feel
Going
Great
Happy
History
I Feel
Insert
Just
Life
Much
My Life
Myself
Narrative
Opinion
Other
People
Pick
Pick And Choose
Really
Spend
Time
Too
Too Much
Write
You
Your
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As long as we decline to allow sick, uninsured people to just lie down and die on the side of the road, everybody has to have insurance for the health care system to work sanely.
~ Gail Collins
Allow
Care
Decline
Die
Down
Everybody
Health
Health Care
Health Care System
Insurance
Just
Lie
Long
People
Road
Sick
Side
System
Uninsured
Work
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At the beginning of his administration, Obama homed right in on Medicare, which he wanted to fix by reducing the overall cost of health care in this country. He risked everything - some would claim he lost everything - by being so single-minded.
~ Gail Collins
Administration
Beginning
Being
Care
Claim
Cost
Country
Everything
Fix
He
Health
Health Care
His
Lost
Medicare
Obama
Overall
Reducing
Right
Single-Minded
Some
Wanted
Which
Would
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Back in the '70s when my friends in California were at Berkeley, in-state tuition was around $700 a year.
~ Gail Collins
Around
Back
Berkeley
California
Friends
Tuition
Were
Year
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Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to sign the cards. You know, you had these cases in the '70s of women who were mayors who couldn't get credit unless their husbands signed for them.
~ Gail Collins
Because
Billy
Cards
Cases
Could
Credit
Get
Had
He
Her
Husband
Husbands
Jean
King
Know
Law
Law School
Mayors
School
She
Sign
Signed
Them
Unless
Were
Who
Wimbledon
Winning
Women
You
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Bin Laden wasn't all that central to the terrorist network any more, but taking him down created a kind of national catharsis. It's been a really, really long time since we had something to celebrate that didn't involve a sports team. I'd rather it had been a non-death-related occasion, but we'll take what we can get.
~ Gail Collins
Any
Been
Bin
Catharsis
Celebrate
Central
Created
Down
Get
Had
Him
Involve
Kind
Long
Long Time
More
National
Network
Occasion
Rather
Really
Really Long Time
Since
Something
Sports
Take
Taking
Team
Terrorist
Time
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Can I say that I think it should be against the law for one state to use taxpayer money to try to bribe businesses in another state to move? Which then causes the target state to use taxpayer dollars to try to bribe the businesses to stay.
~ Gail Collins
Against
Another
Bribe
Businesses
Causes
Dollars
I Think
Law
Money
Move
Say
Should
State
Stay
Target
Taxpayer
Taxpayer Money
Then
Think
Try
Use
Which
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Certainly Nancy Reagan had an extraordinary effect on her husband. I'm truly not sure that, say, Laura Bush had that much effect on the Bush administration. She certainly, you know, seems to be a nice person who I think the public likes. But I can't really put my finger on any huge impact she's had.
~ Gail Collins
Administration
Any
Bush
Bush Administration
Certainly
Effect
Extraordinary
Finger
Had
Her
Huge
Huge Impact
Husband
I Think
Impact
Know
Laura
Laura Bush
Likes
Much
Nancy
Nancy Reagan
Nice
Nice Person
Person
Public
Put
Reagan
Really
Say
Seems
She
Sure
Think
Truly
Who
You
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Conservatives were sure that if you eliminated welfare for single moms, it would eliminate - or at lease greatly reduce - single motherhood. So in 1996 we had welfare reform. Did not change the trend in the least. Soon half of all babies will be born out of wedlock.
~ Gail Collins
Babies
Born
Change
Conservatives
Did
Eliminate
Eliminated
Greatly
Had
Half
Lease
Least
Moms
Motherhood
Out
Reduce
Reform
Single
Soon
Sure
Trend
Wedlock
Welfare
Welfare Reform
Were
Will
Would
You
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Despite my excellent mood, I don't have any sympathy for Romney. If he'd been a good candidate he wouldn't have had a different campaign for every month on the calendar.
~ Gail Collins
Any
Been
Calendar
Campaign
Candidate
Despite
Different
Every
Excellent
Good
Had
He
Month
Mood
Romney
Sympathy
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Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of public rejection.
~ Gail Collins
Campaigns
Constant
Count
Faults
Living
Much
Point
Pretty
Public
Rejection
Terror
Them
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During the Obama years, the Republicans have done an unprecedented amount of stonewalling on cabinet-and-below appointees. I would also argue that their war on judicial nominees has been way beyond what went before. Really, if the president nominated God to serve on the D.C. Court of Appeals, Mitch McConnell would threaten a filibuster.
~ Gail Collins
Also
Amount
Appeals
Argue
Been
Before
Beyond
Court
Done
Filibuster
God
Has-Been
Judicial
Nominated
Obama
President
Really
Republicans
Serve
Threaten
Unprecedented
War
Way
Would
Years
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Elections have to have at least a little meaning. Obama ran on income tax hikes for the wealthy. People knew they were voting for that. They 'want' that. And it's good policy.
~ Gail Collins
Elections
Good
Hikes
Income
Income Tax
Knew
Least
Little
Meaning
Obama
People
Policy
Ran
Tax
Voting
Want
Wealthy
Were
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For a border state, I would argue that Texas is less lunatic on the subject of immigration issues than other places around it, like Arizona. They're much more comfortable with their long-term identity as a place with a very large Hispanic population.
~ Gail Collins
Argue
Arizona
Around
Border
Comfortable
Hispanic
Identity
Immigration
Issues
Large
Less
Like
Long-Term
Lunatic
More
Much
Other
Place
Places
Population
State
Subject
Texas
Than
Very
Would
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For the undocumented immigrants, the big priority is just to get out from the shadows, be able to get a driver's license, buy an airplane ticket and stop worrying about sudden deportation. But for the country as a whole, it's crucial that everybody have a citizen's stake in the nation's welfare.
~ Gail Collins
Able
About
Airplane
Big
Buy
Citizen
Country
Crucial
Deportation
Driver
Everybody
Get
Immigrants
Just
License
Nation
Out
Priority
Shadows
Stake
Stop
Sudden
Ticket
Welfare
Whole
Worrying
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For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize that they really mean that they just don't expect to be 65. Or 40. Neither did I, when I was 22.
~ Gail Collins
Around
Been
Came
Did
Eventually
Expect
Hearing
Hit
I Came
Just
Mean
Neither
Realize
Really
Say
Security
Social
Social Security
Years
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Gay rights is just a matter of time. Look at the polls. Worrying about gay marriage, let alone gay civil unions or gay employment rights, is a middle-age issue. Young people just can't see the problem. At worst, gays are going to win this one just by waiting until the opposition dies off.
~ Gail Collins
About
Alone
Civil
Dies
Employment
Gay
Gay Marriage
Gay Rights
Gays
Going
Issue
Just
Look
Marriage
Matter
Off
Opposition
People
Polls
Problem
Rights
See
Time
Unions
Until
Waiting
Win
Worrying
Worst
Young
Young People
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
~ Gail Collins
About
Almost
Bad
Become
Caucus
Clinton
Early
Got
Had
Handle
Hillary
Hillary Clinton
How
Judgments
President
Reasons
She
States
Trait
Which
Why
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How do you give smart, accomplished, ambitious women the same opportunities as men to reach their goals? What about universal preschool and after-school programs? What about changing the corporate mind-set about the time commitment it takes to move up the ladder? What about having more husbands step up and take the major load?
~ Gail Collins
About
Accomplished
After-School
Ambitious
Changing
Commitment
Corporate
Give
Goals
Having
How
Husbands
Ladder
Load
Major
Men
Mind-Set
More
Move
Opportunities
Preschool
Programs
Reach
Same
Smart
Step
Take
Takes
Time
Universal
Up
Women
You
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I admired the way McCain worked on campaign finance reform. I admired the way Nancy Pelosi stiffened the Democrats' spine during the health care debate. I admire the way Barack Obama has raised a dog in the White House without ever putting it on the roof of the car for a vacation drive.
~ Gail Collins
Admire
Admired
Barack
Barack Obama
Campaign
Campaign Finance
Campaign Finance Reform
Car
Care
Debate
Democrats
Dog
Drive
Ever
Finance
Health
Health Care
House
McCain
Nancy
Nancy Pelosi
Obama
Putting
Raised
Reform
Roof
Spine
Vacation
Way
White
White House
Without
Worked
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