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Certainly ‘The Judgment of Paris’ was the novel in which I found my own voice.

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It’s always best to stay out of other people’s divorces. And their civil wars.
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Best Divorce Finding Ourselves People Stay
The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity – much less dissent.
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Elimination Management Media Object Opinion World
He who is last had best laugh.
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End Himself Laughter
What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?
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Culture Joke Production See
On September 5, 1774, forty-five of the weightiest colonial men formed the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
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Congress Form Man Weight
All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.
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Children Expectation Forever
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
Envy is the central fact of American life.
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Central Fact Life
Since we have literally targeted our enemies, the Pentagon assumes that, sooner or later, rogues will take out our cities, presumably from spaceships.
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Assumption Enemy Ourselves Space Target
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
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
Temperamentally, I am suspicious of belonging to anything. When I ran for office, I debated seriously whether or not to run as an independent because I was not eager to be saddled with the Democratic Party, because any party label is committing.
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Commitment Democracy Government Independent Party Politics Serious
The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
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Himself Interesting Money
We’re not a democracy.
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Democracy One Liner
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
I am not, at heart, a playwright.
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Heart Personality Play

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