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The human race is plainly nothing in eternity, but to us, in time, it is everything and ought not to die.

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A racial or religious or tribal identity is a kind of fact.
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Fact Identity Kind Race Religious Tribal
I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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Appearance Chance Missing Television
Everything’s wrong on Wikipedia.
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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
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
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
The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.
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Beautiful Language Ourselves Word
Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself.
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Build Meaning Novel Sex
The Turner Diaries’ is a racist daydream by a former physics teacher writing under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald.
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Race Teacher Writing
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
Americans have no idea of the extent of their government’s mischief… the number of military strikes we have made unprovoked, against other countries, since 1947 is more than 250.
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Age Country Government Ideas Mischief Provoke Strike
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
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Confidence Personality Style Yourself
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
Nearly everyone who goes into a campaign is not only eager for the place he hopes to fill but for what might come after.
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Filling Himself Hope Place
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
In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.
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