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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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It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. He was always so entirely there.
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Difficult Himself Honesty Pretend
American history has fallen more and more into the hands of academics.
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Academics Fall Hands History
Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
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Audience Drink Writing
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
TV news is not very instructive.
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Instruction One Liner
I hate nobody.
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Hate Myself One Liner
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
Love is not my bag.
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Love One Liner
Remember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
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Born Father Myself Remember
Nearly everyone who goes into a campaign is not only eager for the place he hopes to fill but for what might come after.
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Filling Himself Hope Place
Anybody who is stupid enough to want to be remembered deserves to be forgotten right now.
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Deserve Enough Stupidity
Jack Kennedy very much enjoyed Fletcher Knebel’s thriller ‘Seven Days in May,’ later a film. The story: a jingo based on the real-life Admiral Arthur Radford plans a military coup to take over the White House.
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Enjoyment Life Military Reality Story
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
I’m all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
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Adult Consent Myself
It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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Delicate Friendship President
In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you’re a great writer, you must say that you are.
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Greatness Loud Race Yourself

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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