82 Quotes by Alex Pareene

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    Conservatives don't want to read good, smart books. They mostly want to read Fox and talk radio hosts writing about presidents.

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    Furloughing a bunch of air traffic controllers has a pretty easy-to-predict effect on air travel: It causes delays.

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    I don't want to be totally repetitive and doing the same thing over and over again for the rest of my life. I don't want to do that at all.

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    I grew up in a politically aware household: very civically-minded, good Minnesota liberals.

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    I guess if you want me to stop writing horrible, mean takedowns of everyone, give me a really, really cushy columnist gig.

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    I love insults, devastating takedowns, things that could be described by Twitter hacks as 'shots fired,' and funny ad hominem attacks.

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    I think humor can be an effective way of getting the point across, but there are definitely times where I just write very earnestly.

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