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"The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs."

"The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority."

"Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held."

"President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how."
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"My hand does the work and I don't have to think; in fact, were I to think, it would stop the flow. It's like a dam in the brain that bursts."

"I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women."

"I am obsessive, also I am industrious. Besides, the time when you are most alive and most aware is in childhood and one is trying to recapture that heightened awareness."

"In every question and every remark tossed back and forth between lovers who have not played out the last fugue, there is one question and it is this: 'Is there someone new?'"

"Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire."
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