Most Notable Quotations of 2009

[Scot LaFaive]

Kayne West after interrupting Taylor Swift at MTV Video Music Awards: "But
Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of
all time!"

Sarah Palin on Obama's health care reform: "The America I know and love is
not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand
in front of Obama's death panel."


On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

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> I'm starting to think about my list for the Associated Press of the top 10
> most notable quotations of the year.  By "notable" I mean "important" or
> "famous" or "particularly revealing of the spirit of our times" rather than
> necessarily being eloquent or admirable.
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> Two that seem to stand out are Mark Sanford's spokesman saying "The
> governor is hiking the Appalachian trail" and Joe Wilson's calling out "You
> lie!"
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> I would welcome suggestions of additional quotes from 2009, particularly
> ones from politics or popular culture or entertainment or sports or business
> or technology.
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> Fred Shapiro
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