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Bret Easton Ellis is a social satirist; I consider myself aligned with how he does things. Bret doesn't write about that which he loves about the world, he writes about what disgusts him. You'd be a disturbed individual if you came out and said, 'I love these characters'. ”
And it's also producing a growth in debt to the United States that will weight very heavily in a country that has to address issues like having more old people to be covered by Social Security or by pension in the future. ”
You have to support the government, not to me personally; I do not want anyone cultivating loyalty to me. I don't like that. ”
Many are asking what my credentials are and what I can do for the Philippines. They are telling me that they heard I am a womanizer. That is true. That is very true. ”
I have declared my loyalty to Americana. ”
Memory is revisionist, you know. 'The Houston Kid' was based on true things that happened. But I know - from writing a memoir that I've been working on for awhile - that reconstructing memory is revisionism. ”
Of course I took advantage of the publicity that surrounded my friendship with Princess Margaret. ”
You know, it's just my dream came true. ”
We are viewed by the world as a quasi-racist state in which we allow natural disasters to obliterate our minority community, in which our penal system is designed to treat blacks unfairly, and in which we let the medical and educational systems in our ghettos fester to the level of some third-world countries. ”
Our children's health and well-being are dependent on our commitment to promoting food access and good eating habits at home, at school and in the community. ”