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“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.”
Source : Letter to John Adams, 31 Mar. 1776 See Defoe 2
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“People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.”
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“With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.”
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“Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.”
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“It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.”
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“I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop to a bewildered young man: that moments of unbelief 'don't matter,' that if you return to a practice of the faith, faith will return.”
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“No matter how much we learn, there is always more knowledge to be gained. In this connection I am reminded of a short poem that has been in my mind over the years. It reads as follow: I used to think I knew I knew. But now I must confess. The more I know I know I know I know I know the less.”
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“Negative space is important. When I teach students to read critically I advise them to look for what the author isn't saying just as carefully as for what he or she is.”
Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". Interview with Susan Lerner, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013. 
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“Good isn't my thing but Sawyer's important to me. Please remember I've got my limits and you studying my mouth like you want a taste is pushing me dangerously close to the edge of those limits.”
Source : Abbi Glines (2013). “The Vincent Boys Extended and Uncut Collection: The Vincent Boys -- Extended and Uncut; The Vincent Brothers -- Extended and Uncut”, p.43, Simon and Schuster
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“But I have always said that it's important we must make sure that justice is at all time be maintained.”
