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Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

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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
Write something, even if it’s just a suicide note.
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Note Suicide Writing
A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.
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Friendship Moments Myself Past Surprise
I think I have a normal threshold of anger, but it’s true that I am, by nature, belligerent.
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Angry Myself Nature Thinking
One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.
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Choice Journey Oneself Road
The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country – and we haven’t seen them since.
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Country Finding People State
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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Greatness Loud Race Yourself
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 Realize Young Yourself
Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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Blind Eyes Ignore
The only thing that I react really violently to is being misquoted.
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Misunderstanding Quote Reaction Violence
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.
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Hope Newspaper Oneself People Reading
That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.
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Bank Loyalty President
Never have children, only grandchildren.
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Children Family Funny
Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.
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Attack Death Earth Ourselves Thinking
A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
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Better Narcissism Yourself
I am only at home in the present.
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Home Oneself Present

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