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Does one ever read a politician’s books?
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Book Oneself Politics Reading
The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
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Himself Interesting Money
Everything’s wrong on Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia Wrong
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
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
I’m not a conspiracy theorist – I’m a conspiracy analyst.
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Conspiracy Myself Theory
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
Both Marx and Christ agree that in this life, a right action is consideration for the welfare of others.
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Action God Karma Life Right Welfare
We’re not a democracy.
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Democracy One Liner
I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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Appearance Chance Missing Television
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
Boys don’t like girls around when they do boy things.
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Character Human Male Nature
What I am is something unbearable for the world of journalism and the world of cliches. I’m a realist.
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Journalism Reality World
Envy is the central fact of American life.
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Central Fact Life
In classical times, it was a capital offense to speculate upon the hour of a king’s death or upon the identity of his successor.
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Capital Death Himself Offense Success Time
I am told the Cheney-Bush team dislikes their junta being compared to the Nazis. If they ceased behaving like Nazis, no comparison would come to mind.
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Behave Comparison Mindset Myself Team

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