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our inherent disposition to choose death when we ought to choose life.

All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to choose death when we ought to choose life.

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International relationships are … preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

International relationships are … preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

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people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

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A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample.

A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample.

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The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots.

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Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one’s own Trojan horse.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one’s own Trojan horse.