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I could be a lot happier. I could be the senator from Aerospace taking bribes, and be quite happy.
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Bribe Happiness Myself Quite
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
In the writing of novels, there is the problem of how to shape a narrative.
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Novel Problem Shape Writing
As for civil liberties, any one who is not vigilant may one day find himself living, if not in a police state, at least in a police city.
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Civil Finding Liberty Live Police
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
When I say ‘president,’ I still mean Roosevelt – wisely, I think.
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Myself President Thinking
I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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Appearance Chance Missing Television
I was the most famous kid in the United States. That was 1936.
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Children Country Famous Past Time
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
That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.
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Bank Loyalty President
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
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
Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda.
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Blind Eyes Ignore
For the record, I’m a Second World War veteran and served in the Pacific.
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Record Severe War World
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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Death Friendship Myself Success
The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible.
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Finding Greatness Pleasure Possible

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