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“A couple of minutes into it, I was thinking, `Oh, my God. My head is going to come off my shoulders.’ I thought, `I can’t believe I’m going to die like this. What are my kids going to think?’ “
–Lou Daddono, who runs the Serpent Safari reptile museum in Wisconsin Dells, Wis., after being attacked by a 23-foot python that loosed its deathgrip only after Daddono’s partner stabbed it with a knife.
“If you’re worth $50 million–and a lot of people are these days–what the hell difference does it make if it costs you $125,000 to get a signed photo of yourself with the president to hang on your wall and impress your friends?”
–A Washington lobbyist, on why many wealthy individuals make such big contributions to Democratic fund-raisers.
