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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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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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Need Reminder Theatre Well Worth
Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they’re scraping the top of the barrel.
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Material Media Television Top
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
In character, as it were, the writer settles for an impression of what happened rather than creating the sense of the thing happening.
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Character Creation Impression Myself Settle Writing
I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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Appearance Chance Missing Television
When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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Myself President Thinking
Never have children, only grandchildren.
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Children Family Funny
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
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Confidence Personality Style Yourself
If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various forces you need to harness to get elected.
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Election Force Yourself
In the German concentration camps, Jews wore yellow stars while homosexuals wore pink lambdas.
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Camp Concentration Discrimination German Oppression
The media can’t get anything straight.
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Media Straight
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
He who is last had best laugh.
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End Himself Laughter
One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.
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Choice Journey Oneself Road
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
TV news is not very instructive.
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Instruction One Liner

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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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