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Envy is the central fact of American life.

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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
Remember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
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Born Father Myself Remember
TV news is not very instructive.
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Instruction One Liner
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
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Adult Consent Myself
Today’s public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can’t read them either.
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Evidence Figure Reading Speech
To preserve the human race, it is now necessary to reorganize society. To this end, an Authority must be created with the power to control human population, to redistribute food, to purify air, water, soil, to re-pattern the cities.
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Food Human Pattern Population Preserve Race Recognition
American history has fallen more and more into the hands of academics.
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Academics Fall Hands History
The only thing that I react really violently to is being misquoted.
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Misunderstanding Quote Reaction Violence
I can understand companionship.
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Companionship Understand
It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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Delicate Friendship President
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
Jews, blacks and homosexuals are despised by the Christian and Communist majorities of East and West. Also, as a result of the invention of Israel, Jews can now count on the hatred of the Islamic world.
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Black Communist Hate Result World
Actually, I can’t remember when I was not writing.
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Myself Remember 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
Until very recently, the artist was a magician who did his magic in public view but kept himself and his effects a matter of mystery.
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Artist Himself Magic Mystery Public View

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