Quotes of the year

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• "I think the President should look across the country and find the most qualified man, woman, or minority."
  - Senator Trent Lott, on Bush's potential Supreme Court nominee


• "I think with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, you can't play, you know, hide the salami, or whatever it's called."
  -Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean, urging President Bush to make public Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers's White House records


• "You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that."
  - President Bush, to a divorced mother of three in Omaha, Nebraska


• "When a virgin screams your name, you know you've made it."
  - Kelly Clarkson, on being asked whether it was the ultimate validation when Steve Carell screamed "AhhhhhhhKellyClarkson!"