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Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

Gore Vidal

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 remember the Bond movies when I was a child. They were silent then.
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Children Myself Remember Silence
It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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Delicate Friendship President
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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Death Friendship Myself Success
In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.
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Best Thinking Writing
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
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Confidence Personality Style Yourself
Temperamentally, I am suspicious of belonging to anything. When I ran for office, I debated seriously whether or not to run as an independent because I was not eager to be saddled with the Democratic Party, because any party label is committing.
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Commitment Democracy Government Independent Party Politics Serious
Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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Blind Eyes Ignore
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 am told the Cheney-Bush team dislikes their junta being compared to the Nazis. If they ceased behaving like Nazis, no comparison would come to mind.
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Behave Comparison Mindset Myself Team
The only thing that I react really violently to is being misquoted.
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Misunderstanding Quote Reaction Violence
I am only at home in the present.
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Home Oneself Present
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.
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Enough Failure Success
Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.
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Age One Liner Place Sex
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 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

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