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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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I never said I was gay, because I don’t think anyone is.
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Myself Sexuality Thinking
The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.
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Himself Interesting Money
Does one ever read a politician’s books?
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Book Oneself Politics Reading
Primarily, I am a prose writer with axes to grind, and the theatre is a good place to do the grinding in. I prefer comedy to ‘serious’ drama because I believe one can get the ax sharper on the comedic stone.
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Believe Comedy Goodness Place Stone Theatre Writing
A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
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Better Narcissism Yourself
I remember the Bond movies when I was a child. They were silent then.
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Children Myself Remember Silence
What I am is something unbearable for the world of journalism and the world of cliches. I’m a realist.
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Journalism Reality World
Fifty percent of people won’t vote, and fifty percent don’t read newspapers. I hope it’s the same fifty percent.
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Hope Myself People Reading Vote
I don’t even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.
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Law Myself Potential Reading Review View
As a schoolboy, I read most of Carl Sandburg’s six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln.
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Myself Reading
The United States is the only civilized country in the world to class its teachers at the bottom of the social scale.
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Civilization Country Scale Social Teacher World
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
At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation and prejudice.
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Chaos Moments Opinion Prejudice Public
As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days.
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Age Perfection Progression Rule Television
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
Everything’s wrong on Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia Wrong

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