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James Carville
American
Lawyer
Born:
Oct 25
,
1944
Good
Me
People
Politics
Think
You
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Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find.
James Carville
You
Will
Telling
Find
Through
Camp
Trailer
Bill
Drag
The only person that ever stumbles is a guy moving forward. You don't stumble backwards; you stumble forward, and you never stumble when you're stationary. So don't worry about stumbling. Keep pushing it forward.
James Carville
You
Moving Forward
Backwards
Stumble
Worry
Stationary
About
Guy
Only
Never
Pushing
Stumbling
Person
Moving
Forward
Keep
Ever
You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.
James Carville
You
Change
Something
Sharp
Want
Elbows
We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them.
James Carville
Teacher
Run
Religious
Them
Should
Teachings
Away
If you want to believe that the government's coming for our guns or that being gay is a choice and a sin or that ObamaCare signals the end of civilization or that cutting taxes for rich people is the path to a better America, that's your choice. I'm never going to believe in any of that.
James Carville
Government
Gay
You
People
Better
Path
Rich
Believe
Our
Our Choice
Signals
Obamacare
Guns
Civilization
Never
Sin
Coming
End
America
Any
Going
Being
Want
Taxes
Rich People
Cutting
Choice
Your
As with mosquitoes, horseflies, and most bloodsucking parasites, Kenneth Starr was spawned in stagnant water.
James Carville
Water
Parasites
Most
Stagnant
Spawned
Kenneth
I've had enough of the blowhards on cable TV and the self-righteous anger I hear from people whose only accomplishment in life is their ability to turn the dial on an AM radio.
James Carville
Life
Anger
People
Enough
TV
Ability
Only
Cable
Cable TV
Had
Had Enough
Am
Dial
Self-Righteous
Hear
Accomplishment
Turn
Radio
Whose
The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party.
James Carville
Church
Party
More
Democratic
Democratic Party
Line
Up
Than
Republican
Republican Party
Teachings
Like a lot of people, I pray for a sick relative or that kind of thing, but I don't pray to make my next flight connection at the airport. I find prayers before sports contests to be insensitive and kind of demeaning, at least when someone prays to beat the other team or something like that.
James Carville
Sports
People
Before
Sick
Other
Relative
Airport
Kind
Insensitive
Find
Someone
Something
Beat
Demeaning
Like
Make
Contests
Least
Pray
Pray For
Prayers
Prays
Lot
Next
Team
Flight
Connection
Thing
I always find it offensive when people say God showers riches on you if you're good.
James Carville
God
Good
You
People
Say
Find
People Say
Always
Offensive
Riches
Showers
When you dehumanize a group, there's lasting consequences because they know that they're being dehumanized.
James Carville
You
Group
Consequences
Lasting
Know
Because
Being
Momentum has always counted for something, not everything, but it's always perceived as being something that matters in American politics.
James Carville
Politics
Matters
Everything
Perceived
Something
Counted
Always
American
Being
American Politics
Momentum
I love to walk into places and have what I think is, like, the prettiest, smartest wife in town. I kind of enjoy that.
James Carville
Love
Walk
Wife
Enjoy
Think
Kind
Prettiest
Smartest
Town
Like
Places
Sometimes the right thing gets done for the wrong reason and sometimes, unfortunately, the wrong thing gets done for the right reason.
James Carville
Sometimes
Wrong Thing
Right Reason
Right Thing
Wrong
Gets
Done
The Right Thing
Unfortunately
Reason
Right
Thing
I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn't have to get one.
James Carville
Gay
Marriage
Gay Marriage
Until
Get
Against
Realized
Right-wingers don't want public education to succeed.
James Carville
Education
Public Education
Want
Public
Succeed
The only thing I'm running for is the state line.
James Carville
State
Running
Only
Line
The Only Thing
Thing
I have people ask me if I'm going to convince my daughters to be Democrats, and I say, 'I have yet to convince my daughters to close a door.' I don't how in the world I would ever convince them to be in a political affiliation.
James Carville
Me
People
World
Political
Say
Would
Daughters
Democrats
How
Affiliation
Close
Going
Door
Them
Ask
Convince
Ever
I always wanted to be a sports broadcaster.
James Carville
Sports
Broadcaster
Always
Wanted
Honestly, I enjoy nothing more than two Republicans going after each other.
James Carville
Nothing
Enjoy
Honestly
Other
More
Than
Going
After
Republicans
Each
Two
When one has retired from the ranks of American domestic political consulting, as I have, you are not really allowed to just quit. You become emeritus, of counsel, senior status, and God knows what.
James Carville
God
You
Political
Become
Ranks
Status
Consulting
Counsel
Allowed
Retired
Knows
Domestic
American
Quit
Senior
Just
Really
During my time as a political strategist, one of the most vexing problems was figuring out why so many people vote against their perceived interests.
James Carville
Time
Vote
People
Political
Problems
Out
Perceived
My Time
Most
Vexing
So Many People
Against
Interests
Figuring
Many
Strategist
Why
I tell my students that the single most powerful thing that we have in this country - something that literally harbors no dissent and no questioning - is the all-powerful elite narrative.
James Carville
Country
Single
Dissent
Tell
All-Powerful
Something
Students
Powerful
Powerful Thing
Most
Most Powerful
Narrative
Questioning
Literally
Harbors
Thing
Elite
When I was sixteen, I borrowed a copy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' from the mobile library. Democrats and Republicans were standing for very different principles, and I could see which side was going to represent me.
James Carville
Me
Library
Side
See
Borrowed
Could
Principles
Democrats
Democrats And Republicans
Were
Mobile
Very
Mockingbird
Going
Represent
Sixteen
Different
Which
Republicans
Standing
Copy
But I'd rather not predict. I'd rather affect.
James Carville
Predict
Rather
Affect
If you want to be angry at Gore, be angry at him for not fighting harder in Florida.
James Carville
Angry
You
Fighting
Him
Gore
Want
Harder
Florida
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