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“No church property is taxed and so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit.”
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“...dreadful birds, dressed in red with breasts of silver buttons, and cocked heads and sharp mouths, looking for guilt like berries on a bush.”
Source : Hannah Kent (2013). “Burial Rites”, p.73, Pan Macmillan
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“I was so obsessed and consumed with my grievances that I could not get away from myself and think things out in the light. I was in the grip of that blinding, destructive, terrible thing -- righteous indignation.”
Source : Anzia Yezierska (2014). “Hungry Hearts: Stories of the Jewish-American Immigrant Experience”, p.139, Courier Corporation
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“I had this notion that I could convince people who were skeptical of national Democrats to vote for me because I could bring home the bacon, or because I could find some personal pitch to them.”
Source : "Central Casting" by Jeffrey Goldberg, www.newyorker.com. May 29, 2006.
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“The journey has to feel the way you want the destination to feel.”
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“The mother of the imbecile is always pregnant,”
Source : "Vincenzo Nibali escapes public grilling on drugs in Tour de France" by William Fotheringham, www.theguardian.com. July 19, 2014.
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“Some players, they have all their licks memorized. They think about what they're going to play, but I try to think about what not to play. Tone and phrasing, that's what's important - less is more. The feeling, that's the thing.”
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“You are not responsible for what your friends do, but you will be judged by the company you keep.”
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“People often talk about me as a singer, but they don't often talk about you when you're a woman as a songwriter.”
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“I'm kind of a globetrotter. I've been traveling since I was born and living in different locations.”