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“Harry Truman used to talk of Potomac Fever, an endemic disorder the symptoms of which were a swelled head and a general decline of common sense.”
― Brave Companions: Portraits in History
― Brave Companions: Portraits in History
“The good news for the Washington Federals is they do not have a quarterback controversy. The bad news is they do not have a quarterback.”
― Football For A Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL
― Football For A Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL
“Exploring the mind of the psychotic is impossible - the shortest distance between two points becomes a maze.”
― The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40
― The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40
“A French writer once observed that, "in the new colonies, the Spanish start by building a church, the English a tavern, and the French a fort.”
― The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
― The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
“Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
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