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• As a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were.
• Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.
• To many, Heathrow in August is a paradigm of Hell.
• The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions,…
• A deliberate plan is not always necessary for the highest art; it emerges.
• This book is dedicated to the people of America--strong, outspoken, intense in their convictions, sometimes wrong-headed but always generous and brave, with…
• Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth
• I very much wanted to live in Paris when I was in the army, and I was quite determined to. I could…
• Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.
• When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners.
• Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.
• Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts.

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