"Character is like concrete: You can make an impression when it's freshly poured, in its youth, one could say, but when it sets, it's impervious to alteration."
— Blow, Charles (b. 1970)
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Date
July 31, 2017
Metaphor
"Character is like concrete: You can make an impression when it's freshly poured, in its youth, one could say, but when it sets, it's impervious to alteration."
Metaphor in Context
You can't transform mountebanks into menschen. Character is like concrete: You can make an impression when it's freshly poured, in its youth, one could say, but when it sets, it's impervious to alteration. Trump has always been vile, dishonorable and dishonest. That hasn't changed even when draped by the history, majesty and pageantry of the presidency.
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Citation
Charles Blow, "Satan in a Sunday Hat," The New York Times (July 31, 2017). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
07/31/2017
