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Here's what the kids get. They get free McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken for a year, and 52 six-packs of Pepsi. And… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
The Holocaust happened in Europe, and that's important to how it is viewed. Had Europeans done such a thing in the far… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
The theory of high-intensity, anaerobic, bodybuilding exercise is not true because I or anyone else, no matter how many might agree, say… — Mike Mentzer Copy Share Image
...one may say anything about the history of the world - anything that might enter the most disordered imagination. The only thing… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Some people say 'what would happen if we had a Communist Chancellor of the Exchequer?' I would ask in reply, 'what would… — Hugh Dalton Copy Share Image
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Was love then like a bag of assorted sweets passed around from which one might choose more than once? Some might sting… — Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
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I might have speculated on my chances of going to Heaven; but candidly I did not care. I could not have wept… — Apsley Cherry-Garrard Copy Share Image
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You grow up real quick, a half-Mexican in a sailor's suit, because I'd be riding the streetcar to school everyday - minding… — Al Madrigal Copy Share Image
I sat there afraid that I might discover that the world around me is not real. then i thought: wait. i need… — Philip K. Jason Copy Share Image
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An acquaintance had become a lover, might become a husband, but would retain all that she had noted in the acquaintance; and… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Resentment is at work when one so hates somebody for his more favorable circumstances that one is prepared to bear heavy losses… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
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I don't want to restrict the life of a play to a particular production. The original actors might leave after the first… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
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I've got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children. If there's a parents' night or an… — Victoria Beckham Copy Share Image
A friend's loyalty lasts longer than their memory. Over the course of a long friendship, you might fight with your friend, even… — Matthew Reilly Copy Share Image
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