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As a schoolboy, I read most of Carl Sandburg’s six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln.

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Between fourteen and nineteen, I must have begun and abandoned six novels.
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Age Beginning Myself
The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
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Himself Interesting Money
Why not just eliminate the federal income tax?
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Elimination Income Tax
I hate nobody.
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Hate Myself One Liner
Love is not my bag.
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Love One Liner
When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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Myself President Thinking
Never have children, only grandchildren.
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Children Family Funny
Television is now so desperately hungry for material that they’re scraping the top of the barrel.
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Material Media Television Top
The human race is plainly nothing in eternity, but to us, in time, it is everything and ought not to die.
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Death Forever Human Race
Write something, even if it’s just a suicide note.
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Note Suicide Writing
In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.
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Best Thinking Writing
Obama just came swiftly out of nowhere, which was a relief to those of us who care about the Republic, and at first he seemed a very good thing.
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Goodness Government Himself Politics President Public relief
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
Americans have no idea of the extent of their government’s mischief… the number of military strikes we have made unprovoked, against other countries, since 1947 is more than 250.
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Age Country Government Ideas Mischief Provoke Strike
As for my support for Obama, remember that I was brought up in Washington. It was an all-black city when I was a kid. And I’ve always been very pro-African-American – or whatever phrase we now use.
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Children Country Myself Support
The truth about Pearl Harbour is obscured to this day. But it has been much studied.
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Day Study Truth Unknown

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