"Time itself comes in drops.“

-William James

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"We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood."

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"Truth is what works."

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"It's time to get real, folks. Hope and change ain't working. Hope and change is not a solution. Hope and change is not a job."

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"It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work."

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"Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides."

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