“We weren't meant to be somebody--we were meant to know Somebody”

— John Piper

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American writer 1946

Eric Roth (1945) American screenwriter

Source: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay

“Hell, when I was in high school, a "drive-by shooting" meant somebody had their rear end hanging out a car window!”

Jeff Foxworthy (1958) American stand-up comedian

Games Rednecks Play (1995)

“He couldn’t handle what it meant to have somebody in love with you. Running away was the only thing he knew how to do.”

Glen Cook book The Silver Spike

Source: The Silver Spike (1989), Chapter 1 (p. 457)

“We don't know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it.”

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer

Daily Telegram number 2768, Mr. Rogers Puts Us Down As A Nation of Fleas (19 June 1935)
Daily telegrams

“When I argued that we should freeze federal spending, I meant Social Security as well. I meant Medicare and Medicaid. I meant veterans' benefits. I meant every single, solitary thing in the government. And I not only tried it once, I tried it twice, I tried it a third time and I tried it a fourth time. Somebody has to tell me in here, how we're going to do this hard work without dealing with any of those sacred cows.”

Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)

Senate, , quoted with video in * 2019-05-20

Watch: Joe Biden Once Boasted About Wanting to Cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans’ Benefits

Walker Bragman

Paste Magazine

https://www.pastemagazine.com/politics/joe-biden/watch-joe-biden-boasts-about-wanting-to-cut-social/
1990s