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• Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.
• Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Well socialism is exactly the reverse.
• The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife…
• Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities.
• I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.
• I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted…
• When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.
• Progress is man's indifference to the lessons of history.
• Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote…
• The factory workers say that it's impossible to do anything right. If you arrive five minutes early you are a saboteur; if…
• In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.

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