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Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

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On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.
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Death Department Nation State
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
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
Does one ever read a politician’s books?
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Book Oneself Politics Reading
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
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
You hear all this whining going on, ‘Where are our great writers?’ The thing I might feel doleful about is: Where are the readers?
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Greatness Reading Writing Yourself
I’m not a conspiracy theorist – I’m a conspiracy analyst.
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Conspiracy Myself Theory
Envy is the central fact of American life.
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Central Fact Life
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
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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Enough Failure Success
TV news is not very instructive.
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Instruction One Liner
I’m always an optimist!
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Myself Optimism
That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.
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Bank Loyalty President
A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
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Better Narcissism Yourself
Write something, even if it’s just a suicide note.
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Note Suicide Writing

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