In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and … - Andy Rooney

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Every day kill just one, rather than today five, tomorrow ten. . . that is enough for you. Then your nerves are calm and you can sleep good, you have your drink in the evening and the next morning you are fit again.

Andy Rooney

In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and ask him and he won't tell you.

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The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.

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I've learned. . . That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

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