Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

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Whenever a friend suceeds, a little something in me dies.

Whenever a friend suceeds, a little something in me dies.

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

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

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless...

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless...

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world...

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world...

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become...

On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become...

All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.

All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.

We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of...

We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of...

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?

He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices

He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the...

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the...

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all....

Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all....

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without...

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him,...

A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him,...

A person's character is revealed by their speech

A person's character is revealed by their speech

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.