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By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.
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Himself Man Material President Time
I could be a lot happier. I could be the senator from Aerospace taking bribes, and be quite happy.
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Bribe Happiness Myself Quite
Some of my father’s fellow West Pointers once asked him why I turned out so well, his secret in raising me. And he said, ‘I never gave him any advice, and he never asked for any.’ We agreed on nothing, but we never quarreled once.
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Agreement Father Fellow Himself Raise Secret
That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.
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Busy Oneself Sadness Writing
It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. He was always so entirely there.
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Difficult Himself Honesty Pretend
The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country – and we haven’t seen them since.
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Country Finding People State
Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They’re interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil.
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Company Corporation Country Interest People Yourself
Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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Blind Eyes Ignore
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
I was the most famous kid in the United States. That was 1936.
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Children Country Famous Past Time
Remember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
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Born Father Myself Remember
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
As for civil liberties, any one who is not vigilant may one day find himself living, if not in a police state, at least in a police city.
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Civil Finding Liberty Live Police
I can understand companionship.
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Companionship Understand
Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they’re scraping the top of the barrel.
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Material Media Television Top
I am a novelist turned temporary adventurer, and I chose to write television, movies and plays for much the same reason that Henry Morgan selected the Spanish Main for his peculiar – and not dissimilar – sphere of operations.
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Adventure Movie Myself Novel Operation Play Sphere Temporary

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