Some Nice Phrases

Here are some short, nice phrases that I like.

--"excusing his outrages and laundering his lies" (Frank Bruni--this is talking about our Commander in Chief's underlings)

--"The task before us sometimes seems mountainous..." (Anonymous)

--"make like a pack of hyenas and go for the jugular" (James Carville"

--"sweat-soaked blankets" (Debra Gwartney)

--"a bounty beyond imagination, the ad promised" ("  ")

--"perfect crisp-dry conditions for fire" ("  ")

--"asking mind-bending questions" ("   ")

--"watching the US implode before our eyes" (Margaret Sullivan)

--"He and his ilk are disciples of a Tangerine God." (Robert Mann)

--"poetry, the art of intimations and intuitions" (M. Gessen)

--"presumably under the exigencies of making a living" (E.L. Doctorow)

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