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The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.

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He who is last had best laugh.
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End Himself Laughter
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
We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.
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Artist Discover Emotion Important Known World
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 Turner Diaries’ is a racist daydream by a former physics teacher writing under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald.
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Race Teacher Writing
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
Policemen are seldom tried for their crimes, or indeed, held responsible for what they do, which disturbs the peace and causes distress among the orderly.
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Crime Disturb Order Peace Police Responsibility
At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.
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Chaos Moments Opinion Prejudice Public
I’m a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia’s tap water.
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Myself Nature Pollution Water
The truth about Pearl Harbour is obscured to this day. But it has been much studied.
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Day Study Truth Unknown
Gossip is conversation about people.
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Conversation Gossip People
I think I have a normal threshold of anger, but it’s true that I am, by nature, belligerent.
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Angry Myself Nature Thinking
I never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.
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Myself Sexuality Thinking
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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Death Friendship Myself Success
There is only one party in the United States: the Property party… and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.
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Democracy Party Politics Republic
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

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.

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The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.

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