Word: stupidly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mosher then mentioned the reports of Warren's succeeding him. "Oh, how stupid of me," said Frankfurter. "Of course, now I get it. Well, I suppose I may quit some day, unless I achieve immortality. But tell me this, are you on good terms with your governor...
Conference. The marriage was something short of idyllic. At the village cafe, Jean was soon telling new friends that Pierre was a stingy old miser and Marie a homely, stupid wench whom he had only married in order to get her farm. Farmer Pierre shook his fist and swore that his son-in-law was a lazy good-for-nothing. "Someday," replied Jean, "I'm going to walk out on you, but before I go, I'm going to burn down your filthy farm...
...there has been action-they pant and they groan and they tell you how far they have just run. TV seems dedicated to saying everything without words. The actors stand around and grunt and say 'Dats so' or 'Ain't dat right?' This is stupid." Hecht's decision: "I figured there was one thing I could do. I could write wordy, dialogue-type plays: This sort of thing went out of fashion 25 years ago. I'm hoping to bring it back...
...Stupid Party" was what John Stuart Mill called the conservatives a century ago. It stuck...
...while your enemy is sharpening his dagger to kill you. You will call me a warmonger, but I am not. We have learned the lessons of war as you never have and we want peace desperately. But we want a real peace, not a sham peace. We are not stupid. We know we are fighting not only for ourselves but also for America. You speak of the necessity of unity. What's the good of unity if it is to be used for surrender...