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Imagine wasting all that perfectly good anger on paranoid fantasies. Not since Emily Litella got upset about "Soviet jewelry" has there been such a waste of anger. You will notice a certain theme to these Emily Litella Moments. Behind them all is a touching faith that someone, somewhere is actually in charge of what's happening - a proposition I beg leave to doubt.

Molly Ivins (2010). “You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You”, p.72, Vintage
Imagine wasting all that perfectly good anger on paranoid fantasies. Not since Emily Litella got upset about Soviet jewelry has there been such a waste of anger. You will notice a certain theme to these Emily Litella