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" I began life as an absolute monarchist - on condition, of course, that I be that monarch. "

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" Some of my father's fellow West Pointers once asked him why I turned out so well, his secret in raising me. And he said, 'I never gave him any advice, and he never asked for any.' We agreed on nothing, but we never quarreled once. "

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" Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. "

" Americans are future-minded to the point of obsession. We are impatient at living in the present. Tomorrow is bound to be better... next year, next century, always what might be rather than what is. This trait in us makes for 'progress;' it also makes for a continuing dissatisfaction. "

" Gossip is conversation about people. "

" My father once said something very shrewd about me to a woman journalist who had told him how courageous she thought I was for always speaking my mind. My father said, 'If you couldn't care less what anyone says about you, then it's not courage.' "

" My family is Southern. I'm used to Bill Clintons. "

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" Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes. "

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" Between fourteen and nineteen, I must have begun and abandoned six novels. "

" Until very recently, the artist was a magician who did his magic in public view but kept himself and his effects a matter of mystery. "

" After the French Revolution, the world money power shifted from Paris to London. For three generations, the British maintained an old-fashioned colonial empire, as well as a modern empire based on London's primacy in the money markets. "

" Does one ever read a politician's books? "

" Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda. "

" Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith. "

" The American high school graduate is two years behind his English, French or German counterpart; in Alabama, God knows how far behind. "

" A narcissist is someone better looking than you are. "

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

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