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Entertainers and sports figures achieve fame and wealth but find the world empty and dull without the solace and stimulation of drugs.

— Mario Cuomo Address at Iona College (1984)

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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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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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