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

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The Turner Diaries’ is a racist daydream by a former physics teacher writing under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald.
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Race Teacher Writing
Between fourteen and nineteen, I must have begun and abandoned six novels.
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Age Beginning Myself
Anybody who is stupid enough to want to be remembered deserves to be forgotten right now.
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Deserve Enough Stupidity
Until very recently, the artist was a magician who did his magic in public view but kept himself and his effects a matter of mystery.
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Artist Himself Magic Mystery Public View
In classical times, it was a capital offense to speculate upon the hour of a king’s death or upon the identity of his successor.
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Capital Death Himself Offense Success Time
I hate nobody.
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Hate Myself One Liner
The American high school graduate is two years behind his English, French or German counterpart; in Alabama, God knows how far behind.
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God Graduation Known Yourself
We’re not a democracy.
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Democracy One Liner
Each youth betrays considerable anxiety about the wedding night ahead.
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Anxiety Night Youth
There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.
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Impulse People Person Practice Sexual
Both Marx and Christ agree that in this life, a right action is consideration for the welfare of others.
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Action God Karma Life Right Welfare
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
At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.
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Chaos Moments Opinion Prejudice Public
The truth about Pearl Harbour is obscured to this day. But it has been much studied.
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Day Study Truth Unknown
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
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Candidate Democracy Issues Place
What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?
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Culture Joke Production See

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