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> [“A living organism does the best it can with its given situation. If a root encounters a stone, it grows around it. If a fox can’t find rabbits in one valley, it moves to the next.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/a-living-organism-does-the-best-it-can-with-its-given-situation-if-a/)

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## More by David Bagby

> [“Decent people strive to do good things and hate to see bad things happen anywhere around them. And they most hate bad things to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/decent-people-strive-to-do-good-things-and-hate-to-see-bad-things/)

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> [“The rest of us turned as one to stare at her, unable to comprehend how the murder of thousands of people could be overshadowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/the-rest-of-us-turned-as-one-to-stare-at-her-unable-to-comprehend-how/)

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> [“No words that I can recall, just primitive despair. No time. No thought. Just feeling. Walsh”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/no-words-that-i-can-recall-just-primitive-despair-no-time-no-thought/)

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> [“A courtroom is a war zone where enemies confront each other in a bloodless battle using only the weapons of information, principles, and logic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/a-courtroom-is-a-war-zone-where-enemies-confront-each-other-in-a/)

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> [“After dinner, we escaped to a movie: The Two Towers, part two of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. It was a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/after-dinner-we-escaped-to-a-movie-the-two-towers-part-two-of-j-r-r/)

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> [“They have known us in the bottom of our pit, and we have known them at the peak of their generosity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/they-have-known-us-in-the-bottom-of-our-pit-and-we-have-known-them-at/)

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> [“The purpose of an extradition hearing is not to determine the guilt or innocence of the fugitive. It is merely an inquiry to determine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/the-purpose-of-an-extradition-hearing-is-not-to-determine-the-guilt/)

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> [“The “objective” of preventing both the repeat devastation of a second killing, and its ensuing loss of confidence in government, constitutes “concerns which are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/the-objective-of-preventing-both-the-repeat-devastation-of-a-second/)

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> [“We had come to expect the worst, so reality had a harder time breaking through our shell.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/we-had-come-to-expect-the-worst-so-reality-had-a-harder-time-breaking/)

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> [“The gap in our souls cannot be filled. The reminders are everywhere. They cannot be switched off.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/the-gap-in-our-souls-cannot-be-filled-the-reminders-are-everywhere/)

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> [“It seems likely that Shirley actually deluded herself into believing that our support for Zachary translated into support for her. Merry”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/it-seems-likely-that-shirley-actually-deluded-herself-into-believing/)

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> [“Kate is an avid reader of fiction and came across a quote from Anthony Trollope’s novel Barchester Towers. I believe it explains why I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/kate-is-an-avid-reader-of-fiction-and-came-across-a-quote-from/)

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> [“it doesn’t matter how old you are, how old your child was when he or she died, or the particular manner of your child’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/it-doesn-t-matter-how-old-you-are-how-old-your-child-was-when-he-or/)

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> [ “Circumstantial evidence is not, as they \[defense counsel\] claim, like a chain. You could have a chain spanning the Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/circumstantial-evidence-is-not-as-they-defense-counsel-claim-like-a/)

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> [“A living organism does the best it can with its given situation. If a root encounters a stone, it grows around it. If a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/a-living-organism-does-the-best-it-can-with-its-given-situation-if-a/)

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