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I’m a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia’s tap water.

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What the police in their ignorance have not figured out is that they have lost all credibility since World War II. They are sort of parasites on the fringe of society and do no particular good for anyone except possibly themselves.
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Credible Exception Ignorance Possible Society
Obama just came swiftly out of nowhere, which was a relief to those of us who care about the Republic, and at first he seemed a very good thing.
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Goodness Government Himself Politics President Public relief
Boys don’t like girls around when they do boy things.
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Character Human Male Nature
What I like least about myself is my belligerence.
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Character Myself Nature
Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.
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Age One Liner Place Sex
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
Some have deplored Lincoln’s indifference to Christianity. But it was not religion, it was religiosity that put him off.
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Difference Himself Religion
Actually, I can’t remember when I was not writing.
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Myself Remember Writing
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
Why not just eliminate the federal income tax?
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Elimination Income Tax
As for civil liberties, any one who is not vigilant may one day find himself living, if not in a police state, at least in a police city.
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Civil Finding Liberty Live Police
We’re not a democracy.
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Democracy One Liner
What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?
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Culture Joke Production See
A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
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Better Narcissism Yourself
A racial or religious or tribal identity is a kind of fact.
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Fact Identity Kind Race Religious Tribal
To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.
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Bird Man Stand Time

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