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" I never wanted to be a writer. I mean, that's the last thing I wanted. "

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" In August 1961, I visited President Kennedy at Hyannis Port. The Berlin Wall was going up, and he was about to begin a huge military buildup - reluctantly, or so he said, as he puffed on a cigar liberated by a friend from Castro's Cuba. "

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" As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days. "

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