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A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.

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From April 1775 to July 1776, the undeclared war between England and its American colonies smoldered, flared up, appeared to sputter out… It was hardly, ever, a mass rebellion.
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Colony Mass Rebel War
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
Ayn Rand is a rhetorician who writes novels I have never been able to read.
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Myself Novel Reading Writing
Boys don’t like girls around when they do boy things.
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Character Human Male Nature
I could be a lot happier. I could be the senator from Aerospace taking bribes, and be quite happy.
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Bribe Happiness Myself Quite
To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.
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Bird Man Stand Time
One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.
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Choice Journey Oneself Road
I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.
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Fascination Myself Remember
Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
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Business Country Faith Fiction Lost Writing
A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.
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Friendship Moments Myself Past Surprise
I’ve yet to read a memoir by anyone I’ve known at all well that came anywhere near to the truth.
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Myself Reading Truth
The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.
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Natural President Rise Suspicion
Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they’re scraping the top of the barrel.
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Material Media Television Top
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
Fifty percent of people won’t vote, and fifty percent don’t read newspapers. I hope it’s the same fifty percent.
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Hope Myself People Reading Vote
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

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