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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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The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country – and we haven’t seen them since.
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Country Finding People State
That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.
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Bank Loyalty President
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually.
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Financial Intellectual Politics
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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Election Force Yourself
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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Assumption Enemy Ourselves Space Target
The only thing that I react really violently to is being misquoted.
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Misunderstanding Quote Reaction Violence
Gossip is conversation about people.
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Conversation Gossip People
The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.
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Need Reminder Theatre Well Worth
In the German concentration camps, Jews wore yellow stars while homosexuals wore pink lambdas.
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Camp Concentration Discrimination German Oppression
I hate nobody.
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Hate Myself One Liner
Fifty percent of people won’t vote, and fifty percent don’t read newspapers. I hope it’s the same fifty percent.
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Hope Myself People Reading Vote
All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.
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Children Expectation Forever
The United States is a madhouse.
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Country Home Madness State
Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
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Audience Drink Writing
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

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