Quote by Dan Quayle
The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nations history. I mean

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nations history. I mean in this centurys history. But we all lived in this century. I didnt live in this century. – Dan Quayle

Other quotes by Dan Quayle

Bobby Knight told me this: There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense. In other words a good offense wins. – Dan Quayle

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Sports
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The other day the President said, I know youve had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy? – Dan Quayle

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Faith
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Gluttony might be innocuous were it not for the fact that gluttons tend to disregard whether their self-serving behaviors harm anyone else. We dont need to look far and wide to find examples of gluttonous behavior, as they are numerous throughout the history of capitalism. – Simon Mainwaring

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History

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. – Abraham Lincoln

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History

History portrays everything as if it could not have come otherwise. History is on the side of what happened. – Elias Canetti, The Human Province

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History

American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in flux or turmoil, with different peoples competing for visibility and power. The U.S. cannot fix the fate of every nation. – Camille Paglia

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History

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You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. – Herb Cohen

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Appearance

Shatner commas: Oddly placed commas that don’t seem to serve any actual purpose in punctuation, but make it look like you should take odd pauses, as William Shatner does when delivering lines. – Author unknown

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Grammar

Ive chosen my wedding ring large and heavy to continue forever. But exactly because of that all the time that Dave and I have an argument I feel it like handcuffs, and on anger time I throw it in a basket. Poor Dave, he bought me three wedding rings already! – Carmen Miranda

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Anger

People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth. – Raoul Vaneigem

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positive