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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

James Thurber

History is replete with proofs, from Cato the Elder to Kennedy the Younger, that if you scratch a statesman you find an actor, but it is becoming harder and harder, in our time, to tell government from show business.
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Business Evidence Government History Ourselves Time
With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.
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Definite Development Face Myself Structure
I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
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Beginning Method Myself Open Word
Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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Body Count Patience Yourself
The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
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Dog Himself Level Man Success
The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
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Allow Fear Humor Nation Possession Regard Suspect Writing
I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart.
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Feeling Heart Sadness Sorry Touch Yourself
Looks can be deceiving; it’s eating that’s believing.
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Appearance Believe Eat One Liner
Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Right Writing
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Born Children Myself
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
Discussion in America means dissent.
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Country Discussion
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
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Darkness Dreams Fear Sleep
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Act Creation Fake Misunderstanding Thinking

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