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The human race is plainly nothing in eternity, but to us, in time, it is everything and ought not to die.

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In classical times, it was a capital offense to speculate upon the hour of a king's death or upon the identity of his successor.

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No sooner does an American president take his oath of office than the speculation begins: Will he be reelected in four years' time? If not, who will succeed him? A member of his own party? The other party?

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An important governorship used to be the best springboard for would-be presidents.

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For every Scott Fitzgerald concerned with the precise word and the selection of relevant incident, there are a hundred American writers, many well-regarded, who appear to believe that one word is just as good as another and that everything which occurs to them is worth putting down.

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Most of our writers tend to be recorders.

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McCain is significant in the sense that he has no significance at all on any subject.

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I don't know how prisoners of war are ever heroes unless they escape.

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I think there is an instinct out there to rid us of our masters.

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I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: October 3rd, 1925

Died: July 31st, 2012

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