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I told them that my grandfather had died in the Great Crash of 1929 — a stockbroker jumped out of a window and crushed him and his pushcart down below.

— Mario Cuomo

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We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things.

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I have no plans, and no plans to plan.

Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it's ended up not being right.

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I am a trial lawyer… Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit.

There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.

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