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I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.

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It’s odd to meet a rather elderly man who says, ‘I’ve been reading you all my life.’ It makes you feel a slight chill.
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Feeling Life Man Yourself
That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.
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Busy Oneself Sadness Writing
While campaigning, I got to know many high-school teachers, and let me say that the good ones are the unsung heroes of our society, and the bad ones are the gravediggers.
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Goodness Known Ourselves Society
Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.
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Decline Ignorance Income Sadness
I never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.
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Myself Sexuality Thinking
TV news is not very instructive.
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Instruction One Liner
Does one ever read a politician’s books?
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Book Oneself Politics Reading
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
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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Death Friendship Myself Success
It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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Delicate Friendship President
The media can’t get anything straight.
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Media Straight
As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.
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Age Perfection Progression Rule Television
Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they’re both just aspirin.
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Choice Democracy Feeling Perspective Politics
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 United States was founded by the brightest people in the country – and we haven’t seen them since.
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Country Finding People State
Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.
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Age One Liner Place Sex

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