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I never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.

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We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually.
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Financial Intellectual Politics
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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Enough Failure Success
The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
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Himself Interesting Money
I don’t even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.
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Law Myself Potential Reading Review View
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
Boys don’t like girls around when they do boy things.
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Character Human Male Nature
You cannot deprive somebody of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, because that is a right – constitutional right.
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Happiness Liberty Life Right
I can’t name three first-rate literary critics in the United States. I’m told there are a few hidden away at universities, but they don’t print them in ‘The New York Times.’
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Criticism Literature Myself Name University
The media can’t get anything straight.
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Media Straight
Obama just came swiftly out of nowhere, which was a relief to those of us who care about the Republic, and at first he seemed a very good thing.
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Goodness Government Himself Politics President Public relief
Remember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
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Born Father Myself Remember
What the police in their ignorance have not figured out is that they have lost all credibility since World War II. They are sort of parasites on the fringe of society and do no particular good for anyone except possibly themselves.
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Credible Exception Ignorance Possible Society
The United States is a madhouse.
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Country Home Madness State
There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
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Human Myself People Problem Solution
I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.
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Fascination Myself Remember
In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative.
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Novel Problem Shape Writing

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