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By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he’s been bought ten times over.

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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
Remember, I’m West Point, where I was born. My father went there.
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Born Father Myself Remember
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 never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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Appearance Chance Missing Television
I was like everyone else when Obama was elected – optimistic.
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Myself Optimistic President
Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.
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Age One Liner Place Sex
Actually, I can’t remember when I was not writing.
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Myself Remember Writing
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
In writing and politicking, it’s best not to think about it, just do it.
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Best Thinking Writing
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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Hope Newspaper Oneself People Reading
What the police in their ignorance have not figured out is that they have lost all credibility since World War II. They are sort of parasites on the fringe of society and do no particular good for anyone except possibly themselves.
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Credible Exception Ignorance Possible Society
On September 5, 1774, forty-five of the weightiest colonial men formed the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia.
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Congress Form Man Weight
Love is not my bag.
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Love One Liner
Since we have literally targeted our enemies, the Pentagon assumes that, sooner or later, rogues will take out our cities, presumably from spaceships.
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Assumption Enemy Ourselves Space Target
It’s odd to meet a rather elderly man who says, ‘I’ve been reading you all my life.’ It makes you feel a slight chill.
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Feeling Life Man Yourself
The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country – and we haven’t seen them since.
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Country Finding People State

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