My dad has a dry, deadpan sense of humor, and my mom has an unexpected, wacky take on things. They really encouraged laughing at ourselves and the weirdness of situations that come up growing up in politics.


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The dilemma for society is how to preserve personal and family values in a nation of diverse tastes.
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Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379 Many people have...
CHARLES GORE
Feast of Pentecost Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 It was something more ...
CHARLES GORE
Feast of Antony of Egypt, Abbot, 356 Commemoration of Charles Gore, Bishop, Teacher, Founder of the...
CHARLES GORE
Feast of Antony of Egypt, Abbot, 356 Commemoration of Charles Gore, Bishop, Teacher, Founder of the...
CHARLES GORE
Feast of Antony of Egypt, Abbot, 356 Commemoration of Charles Gore, Bishop, Teacher, Founder of the ...
CHARLES GORE
Feast of Antony of Egypt, Abbot, 356 Commemoration of Charles Gore, Bishop, Teacher, Founder of the ...
CHARLES GORE
Feast of Antony of Egypt, Abbot, 356 Commemoration of Charles Gore, Bishop, Teacher, Founder of the ...
CHARLES GORE
Our society's strong emphasis on dieting and self-image can sometimes lead to eating disorders. ...
TIPPER GORE
Animated films are so precisely engineered - right down to forming lines of dialogue with words pull...
GORE VERBINSKI
Past conference topics have included strengthening the role of fathers in children's lives, the ...
TIPPER GORE
If you want your energy bills to go up, you should support an ever greater dependence on foreign oil...
AL GORE
There are Depeche Mode parties around the world where people listen to our music all night long. The...
MARTIN GORE
As part of Depeche Mode, I don't think it's right for me to be using my own songs for a solo...
MARTIN GORE
There are definite reference points to older Depeche Mode records.
MARTIN GORE
For certain people after 50, litigation takes the place of sex.
GORE VIDAL
It is not enough to succeed; others must fail.
GORE VIDAL
Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.
GORE VIDAL
For certain people after fifty, litigation takes the place of sex.
GORE VIDAL
Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel.
GORE VIDAL
I don't want prizes. I turned down the National Institute of Arts and Letters when I was elected to ...
GORE VIDAL
Young people are more hopeful at a certain age than adults, but I suspect that's glandular. As for c...
GORE VIDAL
I might be President by now if it weren't for this 'queer' thing
GORE VIDAL
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn.
GORE VIDAL
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualifi...
GORE VIDAL
A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to articulate human relationships.
GORE VIDAL
The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who...
GORE VIDAL
A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
GORE VIDAL
All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
GORE VIDAL
The last best hope of earth, two trillion dollars in debt, is spinning out of control, and all we ca...
GORE VIDAL
Never have children, only grandchildren.
GORE VIDAL
It makes no difference whom you vote for -- the two parties are really one party representing four p...
GORE VIDAL
Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is ...
GORE VIDAL
I can understand companionship. I can understand bought sex in the afternoon. I cannot understand th...
GORE VIDAL
Whenever a friend succeeds a little something in me dies.
GORE VIDAL
Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.
GORE VIDAL
Television is now so desparately hungry for material that they're scraping the top of the barrel.
GORE VIDAL
Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers...
GORE VIDAL
There are many who would much prefer that the word 'climate' never be mentioned and that the...
AL GORE