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I am told the Cheney-Bush team dislikes their junta being compared to the Nazis. If they ceased behaving like Nazis, no comparison would come to mind.

Gore Vidal

Primarily, I am a prose writer with axes to grind, and the theatre is a good place to do the grinding in. I prefer comedy to ‘serious’ drama because I believe one can get the ax sharper on the comedic stone.
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Believe Comedy Goodness Place Stone Theatre Writing
There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
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Human Myself People Problem Solution
The American high school graduate is two years behind his English, French or German counterpart; in Alabama, God knows how far behind.
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God Graduation Known Yourself
Does one ever read a politician’s books?
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Book Oneself Politics Reading
Envy is the central fact of American life.
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Central Fact Life
As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.
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Age Perfection Progression Rule Television
Never have children, only grandchildren.
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Children Family Funny
I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
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Adult Consent Myself
By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.
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Himself Man Material President Time
In essence, Clinton’s Anti-Terrorism Act would set up a national police force, over the long-dead bodies of the founders.
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Act Finding Force National Police
Nearly everyone who goes into a campaign is not only eager for the place he hopes to fill but for what might come after.
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Filling Himself Hope Place
Having no contemporaries left means you cannot say, ‘Well, so-and-so will like this,’ which you do when you’re younger. You realize there is no so-and-so anymore. You are your own so-and-so. There is a bleak side to it.
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Contemporary Realize Young Yourself
The truth about Pearl Harbour is obscured to this day. But it has been much studied.
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Day Study Truth Unknown
The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.
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Natural President Rise Suspicion
Baseball is the favorite American sport because it’s so slow. Any idiot can follow it. And just about any idiot can play it.
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Baseball Play Slow Sports
I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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Appearance Chance Missing Television

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