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“When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's health. If everything is simply jake, then you're frightened of death”
Source : The Ginger Man ch. 5 (1955)
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“It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs. We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach wills so. It dictates to us our emotions, our passions.”
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“When you're building a character, or at least when I'm building a character, you start saying, 'How am I going to make people like him?”
Source : "Hunting 'Prey' On The Streets Of The Twin Cities". Interview with Lynn Neary, www.npr.org. July 31, 2009. 
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“If a guy hasn't got any gamble in him- he isn't worth a crap.”
Source : "Evel Knievel: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. November 30, 2007.
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“When we have faith and discipline everything becomes easier. Patience is the mother of all virtues. With anxiety all our lives become worse.”
Source : "Character: Chico Xavier". "Chico Xavier", www.imdb.com. 2010.
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“Adele Adkins' retro-soul debut, '19', was striking less for her songs than for that voice: a voluptuous, slightly parched alto that swooped and fluttered like a Dusty Springfield student trying to upstage her teacher, or at least update the rules.”
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“Religion is a belief in invisible beings, inaudible voices, intangible entities, undetectable forces, and events and judgments that happen after we die. It therefore has no reality check. And it is therefore uniquely armored against criticism, questioning, and self-correction. It is uniquely armored against anything that might stop it from spinning into extreme absurdity, extreme denial of reality… and extreme, grotesque immorality.”
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“It's an honor for me to close out Mysteryland. In American music history this is hallowed ground. I think electronic music has a lot in common with the spirit of rock and roll and what Woodstock had going on at the time. We are kind of the new kids on the block and this music isn't accepted by everyone so we are still kind of getting into pop culture and I think its appropriate that this festival is here and kicking down the door.”
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“A relationship needs constant attention. It’s a living thing, not just a habit. You’ve got to keep on top of it.”
Source : Matt Dunn (2008). “The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook”, p.147, Simon and Schuster
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“It (a baseball box score) doesn't tell how big you are, what church you attend, what color you are, or how your father voted in the last election. It just tells what kind of baseball player you were on that particular day.”
