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Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made.

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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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Goodness Government Himself Politics President Public relief
I don’t even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.
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Law Myself Potential Reading Review View
The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity – much less dissent.
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Elimination Management Media Object Opinion World
By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.
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Himself Man Material President Time
The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.
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Beautiful Language Ourselves Word
I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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Appearance Chance Missing Television
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
Envy is the central fact of American life.
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Central Fact Life
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
I hate nobody.
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Hate Myself One Liner
In essence, Clinton’s Anti-Terrorism Act would set up a national police force, over the long-dead bodies of the founders.
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Act Finding Force National Police
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
Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.
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Decline Ignorance Income Sadness
Having no contemporaries left means you cannot say, ‘Well, so-and-so will like this,’ which you do when you’re younger. You realize there is no so-and-so anymore. You are your own so-and-so. There is a bleak side to it.
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Contemporary Realize Young Yourself
Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made.
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Active Literature Lose Time Virtue World Writing

Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made.

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