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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
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
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
I’m not a conspiracy theorist – I’m a conspiracy analyst.
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Conspiracy Myself Theory
Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults.
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Adult Advertise Captive Rise World
In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative.
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Novel Problem Shape Writing
It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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Delicate Friendship President
Write something, even if it’s just a suicide note.
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Note Suicide Writing
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
American history has fallen more and more into the hands of academics.
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Academics Fall Hands History
I can understand companionship.
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Companionship Understand
We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually.
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Financial Intellectual Politics
The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
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Class Genius heavy Ourselves Rule System
I hate nobody.
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Hate Myself One Liner
Every country should have at least one King Farouk.
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Country Oneself
Fifty percent of people won’t vote, and fifty percent don’t read newspapers. I hope it’s the same fifty percent.
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Hope Myself People Reading Vote

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