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“significantly improve the…Arkansas”: Ernest Dumas,
The Clintons of Arkansas
(Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1993).

“minimum prison sentences…office”: Ibid., p. 10.

“fair utility…privacy”: Ibid., p. 9.

“Character, Competence, and Concern”: Ibid.

“she was to…to women”: Author's interview with Betsey Wright.

“a pilgrimage”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 77.

“slipped into…water”: Author's interview with Jim Blair.

“an insulated big town…careers”: Webb Hubbell,
Friends in High Places
(New York: William Morrow, 1997), p. 49.

“she not only…here”: Author's interview with Woody Bassett.

“She could recite…absorbed it”: Author's interview with Richard Stearns.

“It was Hillary…doesn't care”: Bruck, “Hillary the Pol.”

“[Vince] came back…for a job”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 46.

“How will we…pregnant?”: Ibid., p. 50.

The atmosphere…made her more attractive: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 81.

“At first, she…about her”: Ibid..

“She was on…all day”: Ibid.

“Hillary won their…like them”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 4.

“In our morning…to others”: Ibid., p. 53.

“But if she…to shreds”: Ibid., p. 64.

“The real secret…either”: Ibid., p. 65

“rat's ass”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 80.

“amazingly nervous”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 60.

In December, a month…of the restaurant: Clinton,
My Life,
p. 246.

“get on board early”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 351.

“our prevailing acquisitive corporate life”: Clinton, Wellesley College Commencement Speech.

Even before Hillary…talked politics: James B. Stewart,
Blood Sport,
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996), p. 69.

“best person”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 370.

“I made my…trader”: Author's interview with Jim Blair.

“I was watching…going on”: Ibid.

“I thought I…unreal”: Ibid.

Finally, Hillary got…through Smith: Stewart,
Bloodsport,
p. 84; author's interview with Jim Blair.

“that all you…nation” Clinton,
My Life,
p. 255.

“A short trip…graveyard”: Ibid.

“I'd like to be…Washington”: Dick Morris,
Behind the Oval Office
(Los Angeles: Renaissance, 1999), p. 46.

“She had a…politics”: Author's interview with Dick Morris.

Morris perceived…accomplishments”: Dick Morris,
Rewriting History
(New York: HarperCollins, 2004), p. 73.

“She has much…defensive”: Bruck, “Hillary the Pol.”:

“She did not do…speeches”: Ibid.

“People thought…name”: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 81.

Despite the name issue…for only two days: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 356.

Frank Lady…maiden name: Clinton,
My Life,
p. 255.

“the ArkoRomans”: Ibid., p. 73.

“Talk about the…ERA!”: Clinton,
My Life,
p. 257

“Okay…noted later: Ibid.

“the 31-year-old…politics”: Howell Raines, “New Faces in Southern Politics: Women, Young and ‘Outsiders,'”
New York Times,
July 3, 1978, p. 4.

“be perceived…backward”: Ibid.

“Diamonds and Denim”: Sheehy,
Hillary's Choice,
p. 118.

“The whole theme…sophisticated”: Ibid.

“Our vote was…state”: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 89.

“among the most…my life”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 82.

“Hillary was very…wife”: Bruck, “Hillary the Pol.”

“She thought…speak”: Ibid.

“no concessions to…distant”: Ruth Marcus, “Now, ‘A Different Kind of First Lady,'”
Washington Post,
January 20, 1993, p. 20.

“she didn't want…irritant”: Author's interview with Betsey Wright.

“For as long as I…help them”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 359.

“He was left…it all”: Ibid., p. 439.

“Think about who…stage”: Sheehy,
Hillary's Choice,
p. 133.

“Bill was like a…advantage”: Bruck, “Hillary the Pol.”

“appearances were more…on”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 425.

“a quiet humiliation” Author's interview with confidential source.

“I don't think…child”: Sheehy,
Hillary's Choice,
p. 132.

Since very early…in Bermuda: Clinton,
My Life,
p. 272.

He would have discovered…getting pregnant”: The description and footnote is taken directly from http://medpics.findlaw.com.

“Think of a baby…tight”: Clinton;
It Takes a Village,
p. 8.

Fifteen minutes…Bill to hold: Clinton,
My Life,
p. 273.

“I never wanted…end”: Ibid.'

“designated worrier”: “Clinton at Yale,”
New York Times,
October 14, 2001, p. 7.

“mystified”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 85.

“Chelsea, this…we can”: Ibid.

“We may…wise”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 375.

“The feminist I…heroic”: Sheehy,
Hillary's Choice,
p. 133.

“had assumed…baby'”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 78.

“Hillary began…due to her”: Ibid., p. 79.

“I must say…election”: Walter Isaacson, “‘We're Hoping That We Have Another Child,'”
Time,
June 3, 1996.

“I could sign…justify one”: Clinton,
My Life,
p. 65.

“Governor Bill…Rodham”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 92.

“It showed…me”: Ibid., p. 91.

“She still…aura”: Author's interview with Jim Blair.

“Baby”: Sheehy,
Hillary's Choice,
p. 134.

“You have to look…accomplish”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 381.

“Well shit, General…fault?”: Ibid., p. 378.

“You're fucking me”: Ibid., p. 79.

“might actually lose”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 90.

“she believed very much…of stuff”: Author's interview with Dick Morris.

“more creative and realistic”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 382.

“We were brought up…system”: Ibid.

“devastated”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 90.

“Bill's eyes were…seen them”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 87.

“From then on…demanded it”: Ibid., p. 86.

“He was half-laughing…Bowling”: Dumas,
The Clintons of Arkansas.

“He couldn't face…life”: Author's interview with Deborah Sale.

“She basically…path in life”: Ibid.

“People said…the time”: Ibid.

“They now have…nothing”: Author's interview with Ann Henry.

“a trainer to…the track”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 391.

“It was like…jubilation”: Author's interview with Betsey Wright.

“the Valkyries”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 427.

Hillary and Bill combed…her garage: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 91.

“the lobby of…designs”: Morris,
Rewriting History,
p. 48.

“the only track…darkness”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 390.

“Hillary had…Lord”: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 147.

“Bill obsessed on…for himself”: Author's interview with Max Brantley.

“He really felt…something”: Author's interview with Betsey Wright.

“The apolitical firm…into leaving”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 88.

“Vince was just born middle-aged”: Stewart,
Blood Sport,
p. 121.

“I was born…age forty”: Ibid., p. 121.

“I don't think…lover”: Author's interview with Webb Hubbell.

“He loved Hillary…business”: Author's interview with confidential source.

“I looked around…physical”: Author's interview with Nancy Bekavac.

“Bill, they didn't…get it”: Morris,
Rewriting History,
p. 81.

“My Daddy Never Had to…Twice”: Clinton,
My Life,
p. 295.

“Chelsea's second birthday…chance”: Ibid.'

“She was out…something”: Author's interview with Woody Bassett.

“would sacrifice some of…expediency”: Author's interview with Jim Blair.

“We had a long…her husband”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 103.

“I don't have to change…Clinton”: Michael Kelly, “Again: It's Hillary
Rodham
Clinton. Got That?,”
New York Times,
February 14, 1993, p. 33.

“I teared up…throat”: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 152.

“She understood that…anymore'”: Bruck, “Hillary the Pol.”

“the inner qualities of people”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 91.

“really taking his…this over”: Author's interview with Dick Morris.

“she jumped all…have it”: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 154.

“Frank White would probably…win”: Ibid.

“When you lead in…thicket”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 407.

“We [Hillary and…do it right”: Dumas,
The Clintons of Arkansas,
p. 103.

“This guarantees that…else”: Radcliffe,
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
p. 203.

“Well, fellas, it looks…Clinton!”: Sheehy,
Hillary's Choice,
p. 153.

The Arkansas Department…twenty-six years: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 168.

“the real heart”: Ibid., p. 170.

“She made it…schoolteachers”: Ibid., p. 169.

“The first purpose…doesn't”: Ibid., p. 161.

“a small price…deserves”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 413.

“walking through a…understand'”: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 171. 174 In Arkansas, a generation…and science: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 456.

“thus far, the…encouragement”: Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham
, p. 174.

“whatever it might be”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 97.

“Don't commit…talk”: Author's interview with Bernard Nussbaum.'

“Hillary, I know…early?”: Stewart,
Blood Sport,
p. 240.

“The rumors about Bill…face”: Hubbell,
Friends in High Places,
p. 136.

“What was at…would be”: David Broder, “The Press After the Stakeout: Questions of Policy, Record—and Character—Need to Be Better Explored,”
Washington Post,
May 12, 1987, p. 19.

“infidelity issue…tread”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 440.

“He was using Hart's withdrawal…all about”: Author's interview with Max Brantley.

“Hillary had long ago…with them”: Author's interview with Betsey Wright.

“huge schisms”: Ibid.

“when Hillary did really drastic things”: Ibid.

“I just thought…issue”: Ibid.'

“all of the women…often”: Ibid.

“This was a…know about”: Ibid.

Mickey Kantor…the same”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 441.

“If people had…right”: Sheehy,
Hillary's Choice,
p. 177.

“I need some…father was”: Clinton,
My Life,
p. 334.

“Finally I felt…ambitions”: Ibid., p. 335.

“there was an…fooling around”: Author's interview with Betsey Wright.

“The Numb and the Restless”: Tom Shales, “The Numb and the Restless,”
Washington Post,
July 21, 1988, p. 1.

“overburdened”: Author's interview with Betsey Wright.

Hillary, pinned in…Give it”: Ibid; Maraniss,
First in His Class.

“She was going…and bars”: Author's interview with Betsey Wright.

In the immediate…lobby”:
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,
July 1988; Clinton,
My Life,
p. 342–3.

“I succeeded beyond…imagination”: Ibid.

“No marriage…experience”:
Glamour
magazine, cited in Brock,
The Seduction of Hillary Rodham,
p. 233.

“having a severe midlife crisis”: Maraniss,
First in His Class,
p. 450.

“Bill, you're crazy…about it”: Author's interview with Betsey Wright.

“he was playing…affair”: Ibid.

“I was switching…I talked…was different”: Ibid.

“He would wait me out”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 61.

“And that he…with Hillary”: Author's interview with Betsey Wright.

“explained why I…leaving”: Ibid.

“I said, ‘Nancy…yours again'”: Ibid.

“in trying to calm…depressed”: Ibid.

“business dynamics…problem”: Ibid.

“because she kept…family”: Ibid.

“I was perfectly…for me”: Ibid.

“I don't think he's…common”: Author's interview with Dick Morris.

“We were doing…to me”: Author's interview with Diane Blair.

He continued to surreptitiously…Jenkins: Author's interview with confidential source.

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