Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.
GORE VIDALAmerican history has fallen more and more into the hands of academics.
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The human race is plainly nothing in eternity, but to us, in time, it is everything and ought not to die.
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Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.
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When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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The media can’t get anything straight.
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Boys don’t like girls around when they do boy things.
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Does one ever read a politician’s books?
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Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.
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The American high school graduate is two years behind his English, French or German counterpart; in Alabama, God knows how far behind.
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Gossip is conversation about people.
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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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In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative.
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The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.
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Like the TV networks, once our government has a hit, it will be repeated over and over again.
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My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
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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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