Envy is the central fact of American life.
GORE VIDALOf 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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Since we have literally targeted our enemies, the Pentagon assumes that, sooner or later, rogues will take out our cities, presumably from spaceships.
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The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
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Why not just eliminate the federal income tax?
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I’m always an optimist!
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The United States is a madhouse.
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I can understand companionship.
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It is the spirit of the age to believe that any fact, no matter how suspect, is superior to any imaginative exercise, no matter how true.
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The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
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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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Both Marx and Christ agree that in this life, a right action is consideration for the welfare of others.
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I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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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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A racial or religious or tribal identity is a kind of fact.
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I think I have a normal threshold of anger, but it’s true that I am, by nature, belligerent.
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He who is last had best laugh.
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