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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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Since we have literally targeted our enemies, the Pentagon assumes that, sooner or later, rogues will take out our cities, presumably from spaceships.
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Assumption Enemy Ourselves Space Target
Does one ever read a politician’s books?
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Book Oneself Politics Reading
Each youth betrays considerable anxiety about the wedding night ahead.
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Anxiety Night Youth
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 Pentagon talks about our power to ‘overkill’ Russia ten times, twenty times, perhaps forty-eight times. For my tax money, it is sufficient to overkill them once.
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Money Talk Tax Time
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
On September 5, 1774, forty-five of the weightiest colonial men formed the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
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Congress Form Man Weight
All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
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Missing Myself World
Every country should have at least one King Farouk.
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Country Oneself
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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Enough Failure Success
History is nothing but gossip about the past, with the hope that it might be true.
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Gossip History Hope Past True
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
Primarily, I am a prose writer with axes to grind, and the theatre is a good place to do the grinding in. I prefer comedy to ‘serious’ drama because I believe one can get the ax sharper on the comedic stone.
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Believe Comedy Goodness Place Stone Theatre Writing
I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.
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Fascination Myself Remember
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
Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
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Audience Drink Writing

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