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To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy.

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I think I have a normal threshold of anger, but it’s true that I am, by nature, belligerent.
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Angry Myself Nature Thinking
I can understand companionship.
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Companionship Understand
Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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Blind Eyes Ignore
I know a lot of the Annapolis breed.
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Known Myself
One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.
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Choice Journey Oneself Road
I’ve yet to read a memoir by anyone I’ve known at all well that came anywhere near to the truth.
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Myself Reading Truth
That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.
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Bank Loyalty President
To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy.
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Government Need People Philosophy Religion
There’s a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.
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Identity Myself
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
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.
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Definition Preparation President
A racial or religious or tribal identity is a kind of fact.
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Fact Identity Kind Race Religious Tribal
In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.
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Best Thinking Writing
I am only at home in the present.
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Home Oneself Present
Of all recent presidents, Clinton was expected to behave the most sensibly in economic matters. He understood how the economy works. But because he had used various dodges to stay out of the Vietnam War, he came to office ill at ease with the military.
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Economy Himself President Understand Work
As a schoolboy, I read most of Carl Sandburg’s six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln.
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Myself Reading

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