While sifting through the New York Times' archive to figure out how often Maureen Dowd has compared public figures to Cassandra (of Greek mythology fame) (don't ask me why I was doing this, just accept it), I found this fun lead quote from back in 2001.
Maureen Dowd: "I usually avoid sweeping generalizations." Oh?
I've never read a statement as comically self-negating or as unintentionally telling as this one. And I'm somebody who usually avoids overstatement. Well, ok, not really.
Comments