“If you ever have to operate a forklift, the first thing you do after starting it is LOWER THE FORKS. I also learned another lesson: Life is hard, but it’s harder when you’re stupid. Dad worked my brothers and me assiduously to teach us the value of work and to incentivize us to go to and do well in college. But I know he worried about us, because some of the work we did could be dangerous. It was also exhausting.”
― How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
― How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
“Because my people sent me to this place to solve problems, not make new friends.”
― How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
― How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
“Ask Americans how many senators it takes to solve a problem, and they’ll say, “We don’t know. It’s never happened.”
― How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
― How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
“I would describe the atmosphere as a circus without a tent.”
― How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
― How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
“Schools are for education, not indoctrination.”
― How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
― How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
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Mary’s 2025 Year in Books
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