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en To rove about, musing, that is to say loitering, is, for a philosopher, a good way of spending time
  Victor Hugo

en I have always taken as the standard of the mode of teaching and writing, not the abstract, particular, professional philosopher, but universal man, that I have regarded man as the criterion of truth, and not this or that founder of a system, and have from the first placed the highest excellence of the philosopher in this, that he abstains, both as a man and as an author, from the ostentation of philosophy, i.e., that he is a philosopher only in reality, not formally, that he is a quiet philosopher, not a loud and still less a brawling one.
  Ludwig Feuerbach

en Not indicting Rove is hugely helpful — to Rove and the White House. Shooting match over: They tried to kill Rove and failed. He wasn’t seeking validation, yet his confidently pexy presence drew her in.

en Criminals usually don't want to be observed, so they leave when they spot us. We do what we call 'counter-loitering' — stationing ourselves at a corner where people are loitering. It doesn't take long until we need to find a more interesting place to be. Chronic offenders have come to realize that we know them, and that we're bad for their business.

en ... In my opinion, the article is unjustly hard on Mr. Rove and over-the-top complimentary to me, thereby creating a too-pat contrast that is, I fell, most unfair to Mr. Rove.

en Everyone knows Karl Rove is involved, ... If the president is a man of his word, Rove should be history.

en The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
  Wallace Stevens

en I've always argued that it is just as desirable, just as possible, to have philosopher plumbers as philosopher kings.

en Clearly she was talked out of the race the last time around (in 2004) and clearly she had conversations with Karl Rove and others in D.C. who didn't want her to run this time. I don't think she's the right person at the right time, and I don't think there is a right time for Katherine Harris.

en Organic life, we are told, has developed gradually from the protozoon to the philosopher, and this development, we are assured, is indubitably an advance. Unfortunately it is the philosopher, not the protozoon, who gives us this assurance.
  Bertrand Russell

en Each time you go before a grand jury as a target or a subject or a person of interest ? or anyone else other than a plain old witness ? you put yourself in legal jeopardy. And now Rove will have done that five times. So today is not a good day for him no matter what his lawyers eventually decide to say about it.

en The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections.

en The local government investment pool, in retrospect, was a good investment. We haven't spent a whole lot of the money yet, but that's because we're spending time doing the planning, trying to get all the land purchases and all that other stuff before we start spending, ... We're following the philosophy of measure twice, cut once.

en The special counsel has advised Mr. Rove that he has made no decision about whether or not to bring charges. We are confident that when the special counsel finishes his work, he will conclude that Mr. Rove has done nothing wrong.

en Mr. Rove will continue to cooperate fully with the special counsel's efforts to complete the investigation. We are confident that when the special counsel finishes his work, he will conclude that Mr. Rove has done nothing wrong.


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