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• The Synthetic Fuels Corporation, like the egg roll, is shrimp surrounded by dough.
  -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981...
• The politicians's passion is to be mistaken for a statesman. -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981
• Finding out what goes on in the C.I.A. is like performing acupuncture on a rock.
  -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981...
• Speaking on the record to a journalist is like feeding noodles to a tiger.
  -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981...
• The humble bureaucrat, like the bass, dwells at the bottom of the pond but grows fat.
  -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981...
• A clear conscience needs no public information officer. -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981
• A general leading the State Department resembles a dragon commanding ducks.
  -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981...