`Perhaps we are more comfortable with the story of an opportunist who dressed well than we would be with a bitter and fanatical defender of the downtrodden. . . . Whenever you encounter Evita these days, remember this stylish woman was a hard-working fighter. And that what she fought for is now very much out of fashion.’ — David Leaman, an assistant professor of political science at Northeastern Illinois University, on Eva Peron.
REP. JOHN SHIMKUS, THE LONE REPUBLICAN AMONG ILLINOIS’ FRESHMEN, ON HIS VOTE TO RE-ELECT NEWT GINGRICH HOUSE SPEAKER: `If you don’t have intent, you haven’t committed a lie. I think I can explain that to my constituents.’
`They won’t be made chairman of Ways and Means.’
Rep. John Linder (R-Ga.), on the Republicans who did not vote to re-elect Newt Gingrich House speaker.
`Getting a tan is not the most important thing in my life.’
Judith Stein, a retired high school English teacher who prefers educational vacations such as the one she took to Greece with a University of Chicago scholar, which offered lectures on the Mycenaean migration.
`To the degree I was too brash, too self-confident, or too pushy, I apologize.’
Newt Gingrich, sounding a note of contrition after being re-elected House speaker Tuesday, making him the first Republican in 68 years to hold the post back-to-back.
`In Canada, 80 percent of our TV programs and 95 percent of the movies are American. Imagine if, in America, all the programs were British.’
Kim Campbell, Canadian consul-general, on Canada’s efforts to protect its culture from the influence of U.S. media.
`I have wonderful veins and no problems.’
Noni Dodge, an 80-plus-year-old Winnetka woman, who has been donating blood regularly since World War II.
`So check your pulse. and if you’ve got one, call a blood center near you . . . to make an appointment for this week.’
Tribune editorial, urging Chicagoans to donate blood, which is in short supply only at blood banks. “There’s plenty of it walking around.”
