It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

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It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

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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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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
By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.

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By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.
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Material President
Having no contemporaries left means you cannot say, ‘Well, so-and-so will like this,’ which you do when you’re younger. You realize there is no so-and-so anymore. You are your own so-and-so. There is a bleak side to it.
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Contemporary
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.

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I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Optimistic President
Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults.

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Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults.
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Advertise Captive Rise
The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

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The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.
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Language Word
I’m a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia’s tap water.

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I’m a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia’s tap water.
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Pollution
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

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It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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I hate nobody.

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I hate nobody.
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What I like least about myself is my belligerence.

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What I like least about myself is my belligerence.
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I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

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I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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Chance
I can understand companionship.

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I can understand companionship.
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Companionship
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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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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In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you’re a great writer, you must say that you are.

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In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you’re a great writer, you must say that you are.
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Loud Race
That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

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That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.
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Bank President
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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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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Assumption Target

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