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For himself, then. For his idea of the world, a world in which men do not use shovels to beat corpses into… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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For me, coming to work and laughing is so much more preferable than coming to work and having to cry over a… — Busy Philipps Copy Share Image
There is a universal fascination with the living dead. There is more to a zombie story that a bunch of corpses attacking… — Julie Ann Dawson Copy Share Image
Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn't work, throw it away. It's a nice feeling, and you don't want to be… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
PATRIOTISM, n. 1) The inability to distinguish between the government and one's 'country'; 2) A highly praiseworthy virtue characterized by the desire… — Chaz Bufe Copy Share Image
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I recognize that printing pictures of corpses raises all sorts of problems about taste and titillation and sensationalism; the fact is, however,… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
In the later nineteenth century, the tops of skyscrapers often took the shape of domes, surmounted by jaunty gilded lanterns; later came… — Brendan Gill Copy Share Image
Here's a strange fact: murder a man, and you feel responsible for his life - ''possessive'', even. You know more about him… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
... the introduction of the doctrine of polygamy was the first time in my life that I desired the grave, and I… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
The temples of those who deny the Real Presence are like corpses. The Lord was taken away and we do not know… — Francois Mauriac Copy Share Image
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It is our misfortune that we are living in such an age in which people want to achieve success even by climbing… — Mohd Aariff Khan Copy Share Image
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Weakness or strength: you exist, that is strength. You don't know where you are going or why you are going, go in… — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
Here richly, with ridiculous display, The Politician's corpse was laid away. While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged I wept: for… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
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Americans tote guns because they're assertive citizens, not docile subjects of a permanent governing class. They love their military because they think… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
And as to you Death, and you bitter hug of mortality, it is idle to try to alarm me… And as to… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
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