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Palin tops list of memorable quotes [of 2008]
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Dec 28, 2008 08:12pm |
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| News Date | Monday, December 29, 2008 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Top 10 quotes of 2008, as compiled by the editor of the Yale Book of Quotations:
1. "I can see Russia from my house!" — Comedian Tina Fey, while impersonating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on the TV comedy show "Saturday Night Live," broadcast Sept. 13.
2. "All of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years." — Palin, responding to a request by CBS anchor Katie Couric to name the newspapers or magazines she reads, broadcast Oct. 1.
3. "We have sort of become a nation of whiners." — former Sen. Phil Gramm, an economic adviser to Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, quoted in The Washington Times, July 10.
4. "It's not based on any particular data point, we just wanted to choose a really large number." — a Treasury Department spokeswoman explaining how the $700 billion number was chosen for the initial bailout, quoted on Forbes.com Sept. 23.
5. "The fundamentals of America's economy are strong." — McCain, in an interview with Bloomberg TV, April 17.
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