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The United States is the only civilized country in the world to class its teachers at the bottom of the social scale.

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It’s always best to stay out of other people’s divorces. And their civil wars.
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Best Divorce Finding Ourselves People Stay
What I am is something unbearable for the world of journalism and the world of cliches. I’m a realist.
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Journalism Reality World
Until very recently, the artist was a magician who did his magic in public view but kept himself and his effects a matter of mystery.
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Artist Himself Magic Mystery Public View
All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
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Missing Myself World
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
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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Impulse People Person Practice Sexual
Never have children, only grandchildren.
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Children Family Funny
I’m not paranoid, no. I’m different in that I have enemies. Very real ones.
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Different Enemy Oneself Reality
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
In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative.
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Novel Problem Shape Writing
I’m exactly as I appear. There is no warm, lovable person inside. Beneath my cold exterior, once you break the ice, you find cold water.
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Appearance Cold Love Warm Water Yourself
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
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
The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
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Himself Interesting Money
I am told the Cheney-Bush team dislikes their junta being compared to the Nazis. If they ceased behaving like Nazis, no comparison would come to mind.
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Behave Comparison Mindset Myself Team
The truth about Pearl Harbour is obscured to this day. But it has been much studied.
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Day Study Truth Unknown

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