“If it was a real joint, Wolf, I would have smoked it…I think it was cloves or something. Zach’s crazy — he’s not that crazy.”
— BILL MAHER, addressing the instantly-viral clip of actor Zach Galifianakis appearing to smoke …
“If it was a real joint, Wolf, I would have smoked it…I think it was cloves or something. Zach’s crazy — he’s not that crazy.”
— BILL MAHER, addressing the instantly-viral clip of actor Zach Galifianakis appearing to smoke …
“There are some times nerves start to creep in there. I try to keep them out. There is always some competitive anxiety before you get out there. I keep telling myself just relax, and keep thinking that, so it will become second
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“I wish it were otherwise. But you can tone down all you want and the result will be: The Right will only get louder. Sorry.”
—KEITH OLBERMANN, host of MSNBC’s Countdown, responding on Twitter to criticisms of his show from …
“We have to understand they’re not saying ‘Hey, we love you Republicans,’ but, ‘We’re not satisfied with this and will give you guys a chance.'”
– HALEY BARBOUR, Mississippi Governor and chairman of the Republican Governors …
“I want to thank all Brazilians for this moment and I promise to honor the trust they have shown me.”
— DILMA ROUSSEFF, speaking to supporters in Brasilia after being elected Brazil’s first female president on Sunday; Rousseff …
“It’s not the fad anymore. It’s not the fad to be politically knowledgeable and active.”
— JESSICA KIRSNER, University of Miami junior and vice president of the school’s College Democrats; many former Obama volunteers …
“It may go to seven, but I think we’re going to pull it off. The bats just didn’t show up in those (first) two games. I think we’re going to come back and get our bats, and then we’re going to take the Giants out.”
— REGGIE …
“[T]he tabloid website Gawker published an anonymous piece titled ‘I Had A One-Night Stand With Christine O’Donnell’ that takes the routine sexual degradation of women candidates to a disgusting new low. NOW repudiates Gawker’s
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“Culturally, [Obama] will have to demonstrate that even though he comes from an unusual background, he is a fervent believer in the old-fashioned bourgeois virtues: order, self-discipline, punctuality and personal
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“For one moment, the moderates will be the news.”
—TRACIE LEWIS KINARD, who is spending about $750 on airline tickets and hotel rooms to attend the “Rally to Restore Sanity” this weekend in Washington, D.C. (via the New York Times)
“Being the vice-presidential nominee on the ticket is different from saying ‘I want to be the person at the top of the ticket.’ There are high standards that the American people have for [the presidency] and they require a
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“Yes, we are pregnant, this is true! It’s been a long journey. It’s been tough because I’ve been trying to hold on to a shred of privacy.”
– MARIAH CAREY told Access Hollywood, finally admitting after much speculation …