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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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To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy.
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Government Need People Philosophy Religion
Actually, I can’t remember when I was not writing.
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Myself Remember Writing
What I like least about myself is my belligerence.
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Character Myself Nature
Corporations must pay tax.
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Corporation Pay Tax
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
Envy is the central fact of American life.
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Central Fact Life
On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.
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Death Department Nation State
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 never wanted to be a writer. I mean, that’s the last thing I wanted.
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Dream Myself Writing
In the German concentration camps, Jews wore yellow stars while homosexuals wore pink lambdas.
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Camp Concentration Discrimination German Oppression
Why not just eliminate the federal income tax?
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Elimination Income Tax
A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
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Better Narcissism Yourself
We’re not a democracy.
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Democracy One Liner
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
Temperamentally, I am suspicious of belonging to anything. When I ran for office, I debated seriously whether or not to run as an independent because I was not eager to be saddled with the Democratic Party, because any party label is committing.
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Commitment Democracy Government Independent Party Politics Serious
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

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