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You cannot deprive somebody of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, because that is a right – constitutional right.

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All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
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Missing Myself World
In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative.
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Novel Problem Shape Writing
American history has fallen more and more into the hands of academics.
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Academics Fall Hands History
The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
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Finding Greatness Pleasure Possible
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
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.
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Election Illumination Language Liberal Society Vote
Does one ever read a politician’s books?
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Book Oneself Politics Reading
It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. He was always so entirely there.
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Difficult Himself Honesty Pretend
There is only one party in the United States: the Property party… and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.
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Democracy Party Politics Republic
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
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
I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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Appearance Chance Missing Television
I’m always an optimist!
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Myself Optimism
Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself.
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Build Meaning Novel Sex
TV news is not very instructive.
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Instruction One Liner
I never wanted to be a writer. I mean, that’s the last thing I wanted.
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Dream Myself Writing

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