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I've been interested in American politics since I was eight. That was in 1968. It was an interesting year. I was a huge Eugene McCarthy supporter, so I guess he was the first senator I really knew about and cared about.
~ George Packer
About
American
American Politics
Been
Cared
Eight
First
Guess
He
Huge
Interested
Interesting
Knew
McCarthy
Politics
Really
Senator
Since
Supporter
Year
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I've read a lot of war writing, even World War I writing, the British war poetry of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves's memoir 'Goodbye to All That,' and a civilian memoir, 'Testament of Youth,' by Vera Brittain.
~ George Packer
British
Civilian
Even
Goodbye
Graves
Lot
Memoir
Poetry
Read
Robert
Testament
Vera
War
World
World War
World War I
Writing
Youth
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If giving money to a politician prejudiced my ability to think and write honestly, I wouldn't do it. Fortunately, it doesn't.
~ George Packer
Ability
Fortunately
Giving
Honestly
Money
Politician
Prejudiced
Think
Write
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If the presidential nominating process were an international sports competition, one would assume that top officials of both parties were taking envelopes of cash from town chairs in Durham and precinct captains in Waterloo.
~ George Packer
Assume
Both
Both Parties
Cash
Chairs
Competition
International
Officials
Parties
Presidential
Process
Sports
Taking
Top
Town
Were
Would
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If you've ever left a bag of clothes outside the Salvation Army or given to a local church drive, chances are that you've dressed an African.
~ George Packer
African
Army
Bag
Chances
Church
Clothes
Dressed
Drive
Ever
Given
Left
Local
Outside
Salvation
You
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In a meritocracy, actors who act well get good roles. They don't get to be journalists, too - a job that, in a meritocracy, should go to those who do journalism well.
~ George Packer
Act
Actor
Get
Go
Good
Job
Journalism
Journalists
Roles
Should
Those
Too
Well
Who
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In its lowest, most common form, inspiration is simple charisma that becomes magnified by the media, as with Ronald Reagan or Bill Clinton.
~ George Packer
Becomes
Bill
Bill Clinton
Charisma
Clinton
Common
Form
Inspiration
Lowest
Media
Most
Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Simple
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In the extremity of war, character is revealed.
~ George Packer
Character
Extremity
Revealed
War
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Inequality saps the economy by draining the buying power of Americans whose incomes have stagnated, forcing them to rely on debt to fund education, housing, and health care.
~ George Packer
American
Buying
Care
Debt
Draining
Economy
Education
Forcing
Fund
Health
Health Care
Housing
Incomes
Inequality
Power
Rely
Them
Whose
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Inspiration is an underexamined part of political life and presidential leadership.
~ George Packer
Inspiration
Leadership
Life
Part
Political
Political Life
Presidential
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It might not be wise for a sometime political journalist to admit this, but the 2016 campaign doesn't seem like fun to me.
~ George Packer
Admit
Campaign
Fun
Journalist
Like
Me
Might
Political
Seem
Sometime
Wise
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It seems in America you are stuck with the position you adopted, even when events change, in order to claim absolute consistency. That can't be good.
~ George Packer
Absolute
Adopted
America
Change
Claim
Consistency
Even
Events
Good
Order
Position
Seems
Stuck
You
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It seems preposterous now, but Amazon began as a bookstore.
~ George Packer
Began
Bookstore
Now
Seems
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It suddenly occurred to me that the hottest tech startups are solving all the problems of being 20 years old, with cash on hand, because that's who thinks them up.
~ George Packer
Because
Being
Cash
Hand
Hottest
Me
Occurred
Old
Problems
Solving
Startups
Suddenly
Tech
Them
Thinks
Up
Who
Years
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It's - the working class of San Francisco and the Bay Area is being pushed out of its old neighborhoods because of the skyrocketing cost of housing, and there's no real working class left because these are jobs for engineers and managers and designers - very smart people.
~ George Packer
Area
Bay
Bay Area
Because
Being
Class
Cost
Designers
Engineers
Francisco
Housing
Jobs
Left
Managers
Neighborhoods
Old
Out
People
Pushed
Real
San
San Francisco
Smart
Smart People
Very
Working
Working-Class
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It's a cliche that the Senate is broken, and like most cliches, it's true.
~ George Packer
Broken
Cliche
Cliches
Like
Most
Senate
True
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It's essential for the U.S. and Europe to prevent Putin from going farther and reversing the hard-won independence of former Soviet republics.
~ George Packer
Essential
Europe
Farther
Former
Going
Independence
Prevent
Putin
Republics
Soviet
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Jay-Z has kind of shown that you can get to the very top without waiting, without following rules. In fact, it's better if you don't. People will admire you more if you break the rules.
~ George Packer
Admire
Better
Break
Fact
Following
Get
In Fact
Jay-Z
Kind
More
People
Rules
Shown
Top
Very
Waiting
Will
Without
You
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Jay-Z is a hero, Sam Walton is a hero - these are not exactly communitarian champions. These are - in some cases, literally; in others, just figuratively - gangster heroes. That's who is worshipped: people who get away with it.
~ George Packer
Away
Cases
Champions
Exactly
Gangster
Get
Hero
Heroes
Jay-Z
Just
Literally
Others
People
Sam
Some
Who
Worshipped
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Last year, in the year 2008, it just became normal to watch great American institutions crumble, almost dissolve like sand.
~ George Packer
Almost
American
Became
Crumble
Dissolve
Great
Great American
Institutions
Just
Last
Last Year
Like
Normal
Sand
Watch
Year
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