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I was raised in the Washington household of my grandfather Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, and have known politicians intimately all my life.

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I remember the Bond movies when I was a child. They were silent then.
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Children Myself Remember Silence
Jack Kennedy very much enjoyed Fletcher Knebel’s thriller ‘Seven Days in May,’ later a film. The story: a jingo based on the real-life Admiral Arthur Radford plans a military coup to take over the White House.
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Enjoyment Life Military Reality Story
When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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Myself President Thinking
Envy is the central fact of American life.
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Central Fact Life
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
We’re not a democracy.
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Democracy One Liner
The first grown-up book that I read on my own was a nineteenth-century edition of ‘Tales from Livy’ that I’d found in my grandfather’s library.
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Book Edition Grown Library Reading
Love is not my bag.
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Love One Liner
While campaigning, I got to know many high-school teachers, and let me say that the good ones are the unsung heroes of our society, and the bad ones are the gravediggers.
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Goodness Known Ourselves Society
I’m not paranoid, no. I’m different in that I have enemies. Very real ones.
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Different Enemy Oneself Reality
A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
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Better Narcissism Yourself
What I like least about myself is my belligerence.
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Character Myself Nature
I know a lot of the Annapolis breed.
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Known Myself
It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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Delicate Friendship President
Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
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Business Country Faith Fiction Lost Writing
Baseball is the favorite American sport because it’s so slow. Any idiot can follow it. And just about any idiot can play it.
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Baseball Play Slow Sports

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