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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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It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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World War II made prosperous the United States, which had been undergoing a depression for a dozen years, and made very rich those magnates and their managers who govern the republic – with many a wink – in the people’s name.
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I was the most famous kid in the United States. That was 1936.
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I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
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Write something, even if it’s just a suicide note.
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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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Does one ever read a politician’s books?
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It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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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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Remember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
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Envy is the central fact of American life.
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Central Fact Life
Never have children, only grandchildren.
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There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
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We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually.
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