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"Being too good is apt to be uninteresting."
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"The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."
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"Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained."
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"Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position."
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"I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness."
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"The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it."
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"A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself."
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"Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me."
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"I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid."
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"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."
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"Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now."
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"Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything."
Battle
"I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount."
Nation
"You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break."
Man
"Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art."
Life
"Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend."
Friendship
"In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity."
Man
"A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants."
Office
"A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment."
Events
"The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."
Advice
"Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past."
Past
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