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Maureen Dowd

American Journalist

Born: Jan 14, 1952

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The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for. Maureen Dowd

You Settle Settled Minute Than Get Less Even Deserve

The wound-tight, travel-light Obama has a distaste for the adversarial and the random. But if you stick too rigidly to a 'No Drama' rule in the White House, you risk keeping reality at bay. Presidencies are always about crisis management. Maureen Dowd

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve. Maureen Dowd

Beautiful Democracy Giving Rich More Celebrity Than Authority Famous Deserve

Why can't Google, which likes to see itself as a 'Don't Be Evil' benevolent force in society, just write us a big check for using our stories, so we can keep checks and balances alive and continue to provide the search engine with our stories? Maureen Dowd

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One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly. Maureen Dowd

Nature Sense Must Rather Attempt Simply Clearly Justify Them

The Obamas, especially Michelle, have radiated the sense that Americans do not appreciate what they sacrifice by living in a gilded cage. They've forgotten Rule No. 1 of politics: No one sheds tears for anyone lucky enough to live at the White House. Maureen Dowd

Maybe Obama was not even the person he was waiting for. Maureen Dowd

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As a woman, I know that if I write about another woman, it will be perceived as a catfight. Maureen Dowd

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When I started as a White House correspondent, there was a lot of criticism from guys saying, 'She focuses too much on the person but not enough on policy.' I never understood that argument at all. I just didn't agree with the premise. Maureen Dowd

Obama sees himself as such a huge change that he can be cautious about other societal changes. But what he doesn't realize is that legalizing gay marriage is like electing a black president. Before you do it, it seems inconceivable. Once it's done, you can't remember what all the fuss was about. Maureen Dowd

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The C.E.O. of Google doesn't look like a Dick Cheney World Domination sort whom we should worry about as Google ogles our houses, our oceans, our foibles, our movements and our tastes. Maureen Dowd

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Washington is a place where people have always been suspect of style and overt sexuality. Too much preening signals that you're not up late studying cap-and-trade agreements. Maureen Dowd

You People Too Much Style Too Late Signals Sexuality Studying Always Been Up Suspect Where Place Much Agreements Washington

It's passing strange that Obama, carried to a second term by women, blacks and Latinos, chooses to give away the plumiest Cabinet and White House jobs to white dudes. Maureen Dowd

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Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans. Maureen Dowd

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