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Of all recent presidents, Clinton was expected to behave the most sensibly in economic matters. He understood how the economy works. But because he had used various dodges to stay out of the Vietnam War, he came to office ill at ease with the military.

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Today’s public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can’t read them either.
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I remember the Bond movies when I was a child. They were silent then.
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My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
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Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
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The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.
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Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
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In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative.
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The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.
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Of all recent presidents, Clinton was expected to behave the most sensibly in economic matters. He understood how the economy works. But because he had used various dodges to stay out of the Vietnam War, he came to office ill at ease with the military.

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Of all recent presidents, Clinton was expected to behave the most sensibly in economic matters. He understood how the economy works. But because he had used various dodges to stay out of the Vietnam War, he came to office ill at ease with the military.

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