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What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions.
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Book Fact Kind Loose Opinion Popular Question Review Treat
I was the most famous kid in the United States. That was 1936.
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Children Country Famous Past Time
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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Impulse People Person Practice Sexual
Gossip is conversation about people.
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Conversation Gossip People
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
Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
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Audience Drink Writing
My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
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Father Life Myself Politics
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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Death Friendship Myself Success
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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Enough Failure Success
He who is last had best laugh.
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End Himself Laughter
For the record, I’m a Second World War veteran and served in the Pacific.
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Record Severe War World
A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.
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Friendship Moments Myself Past Surprise
The United States is the only civilized country in the world to class its teachers at the bottom of the social scale.
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Civilization Country Scale Social Teacher World
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
Everything’s wrong on Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia Wrong
I think I have a normal threshold of anger, but it’s true that I am, by nature, belligerent.
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Angry Myself Nature Thinking

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