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To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.

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In essence, Clinton’s Anti-Terrorism Act would set up a national police force, over the long-dead bodies of the founders.
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Act Finding Force National Police
I am not, at heart, a playwright.
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Heart Personality Play
There is something about a bureaucrat that does not like a poem.
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Poem Police
There is only one party in the United States: the Property party… and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.
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Democracy Party Politics Republic
Anybody who is stupid enough to want to be remembered deserves to be forgotten right now.
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Deserve Enough Stupidity
In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.
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Best Thinking Writing
The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.
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Beautiful Language Ourselves Word
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
Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made.
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Active Literature Lose Time Virtue World Writing
Between fourteen and nineteen, I must have begun and abandoned six novels.
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Age Beginning Myself
I’m exactly as I appear. There is no warm, lovable person inside. Beneath my cold exterior, once you break the ice, you find cold water.
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Appearance Cold Love Warm Water Yourself
There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
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Human Myself People Problem Solution
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.
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Definition Preparation President
After adolescence, if one’s life is sufficiently interesting, the desire to tell oneself stories diminishes.
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Diminish Interesting Life Oneself Story
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
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Confidence Personality Style Yourself
I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams.
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Fascination Myself Remember

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.

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