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Entertainers and sports figures achieve fame and wealth but find the world empty and dull without the solace and stimulation of drugs. — Mario Cuomo Copy Share Image
Moshe Sluhovsky's fascinating study links spirit possession, exorcism, and mystical practice in early modern Europe. Women and men, healers and priestly exorcisers… — Natalie Zemon Davis Copy Share Image
[Franklin Delano] Roosevelt was the central world figure in the two great disasters of this century - the Great Depression and World… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
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That the Hindus, absorbed in the ideal, lacked in realistic observation is evident from this. Take painting and sculpture. What do you… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Me. A bad boy. For eating boiled peanuts in the graveyard. Go figure. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
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[Donald Trump] is trying to stop immigration into the country from countries where there are major terrorist issues until we can figure… — Megyn Kelly Copy Share Image
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Here's an interesting figure: 43 percent of the incoming congressional freshmen are millionaires. The other 57 percent are Democrats. — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I think I've been rather reasonable about this whole situation." "How do you figure?" "They are still breathing, aren't they? — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
I got to give mom credit for how she handled it.She didn't try to pry and get all the details. All she… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
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