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Maureen Dowd

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January 14, 1952 in Washington D.C., The United States

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Maureen Dowd is a Washington D.C.-based columnist for The New York Times. She has worked for the Times since 1983, when she joined as a metropolitan reporter. In 1999, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her series of columns on the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Dowd's columns are distinguished by an acerbic, often polemical writing style. Her columns often display a critical attitude towards powerful figures such as President George W. Bush, former President Bill Clinton, and Pope Benedict XVI.

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State of Cool

How one "Make my day" image of Hillary Clinton wearing shades on a military plane has endowed her with Clint Eastwood cool. read more »

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Published on April 09, 2012 21:00 • 44 views

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Books by Maureen Dowd

Average rating: 3.20 · 1,381 ratings · 231 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide 3.07 avg rating — 1,023 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Bushworld 3.55 avg rating — 356 ratings — 11 editions	My rating:
	Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk by Maureen Dowd, K&aumlthe Mazur 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	My rating:

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Quotes by Maureen Dowd

“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for. ”
― Maureen Dowd

tags: acceptance

70 people liked it

“Settling is about not embracing what is best for you and accepting what you really don't want. When you settle, you accept less than you deserve. Settling becomes a habit and a way of life, but it doesn't have to be. According to Maureen Dowd, "The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for”
― Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide

9 people liked it

“Romantic googling can be as dangerous as drunk text messaging. Of course hell hath no fury like a woman who Google-bombs her old flames name with a word like "impotent.”
― Maureen Dowd

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