When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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I don’t even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.
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The first grown-up book that I read on my own was a nineteenth-century edition of ‘Tales from Livy’ that I’d found in my grandfather’s library.
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Each youth betrays considerable anxiety about the wedding night ahead.
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If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various forces you need to harness to get elected.
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For the record, I’m a Second World War veteran and served in the Pacific.
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The only thing that I react really violently to is being misquoted.
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Since we have literally targeted our enemies, the Pentagon assumes that, sooner or later, rogues will take out our cities, presumably from spaceships.
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In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.
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We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.
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Europe began as the relatively empty, uncivilized Wild West of Asia; then the Western Hemisphere became the Wild West of Europe. Now the sun has set in our West and risen once more in the East.
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It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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To preserve the human race, it is now necessary to reorganize society. To this end, an Authority must be created with the power to control human population, to redistribute food, to purify air, water, soil, to re-pattern the cities.
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There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.
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I’m not paranoid, no. I’m different in that I have enemies. Very real ones.
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Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
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