There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
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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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Jews, blacks and homosexuals are despised by the Christian and Communist majorities of East and West. Also, as a result of the invention of Israel, Jews can now count on the hatred of the Islamic world.
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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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He who is last had best laugh.
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I know a lot of the Annapolis breed.
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Policemen are seldom tried for their crimes, or indeed, held responsible for what they do, which disturbs the peace and causes distress among the orderly.
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We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually.
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There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.
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When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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After adolescence, if one’s life is sufficiently interesting, the desire to tell oneself stories diminishes.
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The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
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Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.
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I am not, at heart, a playwright.
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My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
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What the police in their ignorance have not figured out is that they have lost all credibility since World War II. They are sort of parasites on the fringe of society and do no particular good for anyone except possibly themselves.
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