• Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is.
• I can't say it, but it rhymes with rich. (about vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro -- Barbara Bush later apologized for calling Ferraro a witch -- October 15, 1984, New York Times)
• Son, I love your strategy, but don't let them get to know you.
• It's been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. My driving's better than my cooking. George has discovered Sam's Club.
• I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
• Unless you speak English and read well, you'll never become a first-class citizen...but when you say "official", that becomes a racial slur.
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