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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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The only thing that I react really violently to is being misquoted.
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Misunderstanding Quote Reaction Violence
Sex is. There is nothing more to be done about it. Sex builds no roads, writes no novels and sex certainly gives no meaning to anything in life but itself.
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Build Meaning Novel Sex
Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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Blind Eyes Ignore
Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.
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Decline Ignorance Income Sadness
We’re not a democracy.
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Democracy One Liner
Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.
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Democracy Form High Ourselves Scale
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
Actually, I can’t remember when I was not writing.
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Myself Remember Writing
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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Death Friendship Myself Success
Envy is the central fact of American life.
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Central Fact Life
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
Corporations must pay tax.
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Corporation Pay Tax
Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
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Audience Drink Writing
I am a novelist turned temporary adventurer, and I chose to write television, movies and plays for much the same reason that Henry Morgan selected the Spanish Main for his peculiar – and not dissimilar – sphere of operations.
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Adventure Movie Myself Novel Operation Play Sphere Temporary
He who is last had best laugh.
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End Himself Laughter
There’s a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.
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Identity Myself

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