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One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.

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It is essential to naturalist doctrine that literature, to be good, must, finally, be the author’s experience worked out literally.
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Essential Experience Literature Natural Work
My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
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Father Life Myself Politics
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
I never wanted to be a writer. I mean, that’s the last thing I wanted.
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Dream Myself Writing
You hear all this whining going on, ‘Where are our great writers?’ The thing I might feel doleful about is: Where are the readers?
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Greatness Reading Writing Yourself
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
There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
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Human Myself People Problem Solution
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
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Hope Newspaper Oneself People Reading
It is true, as Sartre once wrote, referring to French Army atrocities in Algeria, that the real tragedy in our time is that any of us can be, interchangeably, victim or torturer.
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Change Reality Time Torture Victim
Corporations must pay tax.
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Corporation Pay Tax
Between fourteen and nineteen, I must have begun and abandoned six novels.
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Age Beginning Myself
The United States is the only civilized country in the world to class its teachers at the bottom of the social scale.
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Civilization Country Scale Social Teacher World
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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Enough Failure Success
I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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Appearance Chance Missing Television
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
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Candidate Democracy Issues Place

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