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It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. He was always so entirely there.

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Anybody who is stupid enough to want to be remembered deserves to be forgotten right now.
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The unfed mind devours itself.
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On September 5, 1774, forty-five of the weightiest colonial men formed the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
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Congress Form Man Weight
I think I have a normal threshold of anger, but it’s true that I am, by nature, belligerent.
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I hate nobody.
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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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Evidence Figure Reading Speech
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TV news is not very instructive.
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Instruction One Liner
My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
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Father Life Myself Politics
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Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.
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I never wanted to be a writer. I mean, that’s the last thing I wanted.
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In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative.
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It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. He was always so entirely there.

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