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“I also ask you my friends not to condemn me entirely to the mill of mathematical calculations, and allow me time for philosophical speculations, my only pleasures.”
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“There's something darn funny about an old librarian with a potty mouth.”
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“Ultraliberalism today translates into a whimpering isolationism in foreign policy, a mulish obstructionism in domestic policy.”
Source : John R. Coyne, Spiro T. Agnew (1972). “The Impudent Snobs: Agnew Vs. the Intellectual Establishment”, New Rochelle, N.Y. : Arlington House
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“One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law.”
Source : Bush v. Gore (dissenting opinion) (2000)
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“Lubo Penev is a fighter, he never gives up and remains cool during tough moments. I remember when he was sick with cancer, but fought and returned to football. Most people would have given up and prayed to God for mercy. (on former teammate Luboslav Penev)”
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“A girl could be sitting on her computer, trying to get noticed by me, and not knowing she's the future Mrs. Justin Bieber.”
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“You can feel a lot of things, and that's okay. Channel that into your passion.”
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“How do you write when you're not miserable? The solution, of course, is to make yourself miserable about not writing.”
Source : "Go Forth". Interview with Brandon Hobson, logger.believermag.com. December 17, 2013.
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“Along with the joy of parenthood, with every child comes a piercing vulnerability. It is at once sublime and terrifying”
Source : David Sheff (2009). “Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction”, p.65, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“A minority is only thought of as a minority when it constitutes some kind of threat to the majority, real or imaginary. And no threat is ever quite imaginary.”
Source : Christopher Isherwood, Don Bachardy, James P. White (1989). “Where Joy Resides: An Isherwood Reader”, Vintage