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Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

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There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
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Human Myself People Problem Solution
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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Adult Advertise Captive Rise World
Love is not my bag.
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Love One Liner
I’m not a conspiracy theorist – I’m a conspiracy analyst.
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Conspiracy Myself Theory
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
In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.
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Best Thinking Writing
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
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?
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Culture Joke Production See
To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy.
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Government Need People Philosophy Religion
Gossip is conversation about people.
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Conversation Gossip People
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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Death Friendship Myself Success
It’s always best to stay out of other people’s divorces. And their civil wars.
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Best Divorce Finding Ourselves People Stay
Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they’re both just aspirin.
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Choice Democracy Feeling Perspective Politics
A racial or religious or tribal identity is a kind of fact.
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Fact Identity Kind Race Religious Tribal
I can understand companionship.
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Companionship Understand

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