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"\n\n[#image: /photos/5909510e2179605b11ad2e5a]\n\n“Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.” From “[The Trouble with Christie](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2014/01/the-trouble-with-christie.html),” by George Packer.\n\n“Dignity, really, is the right to do what you want to do.” From “[Tweeting Cancer](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/01/tweeting-cancer.html),” by Meghan O’Rourke.\n\n“Our sense that a body is not dead until it is still and cold may be uninformed and unscientific, but so is our sense that the sun moves across the sky from east to west, and most of us live our lives as if this were the case.” From “[Lights Out: A New Reckoning for Brain Death](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/01/lights-out-a-new-reckoning-for-brain-death.html),” by Gary Greenberg.\n\n“He seems unshackled after decades of trying to be a matinée idol, an affable, guileless human glass of sweet tea.” From “[The McConaissance](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/01/the-mcconaissance.html),” by Rachel Syme.\n\n“Watching figure skating may be akin to much of the Olympic viewing experience: we are vigilant for mistakes, but not quite sure how to judge them.” From “[Figure Skating’s Rough Justice](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2014/01/figure-skatings-rough-justice.html),” by Ian Crouch.\n\n*Photograph by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty.*\n\n"
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