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Years ago when I got stuck, I'd start twirling my hair. That's not possible anymore. I can't prove the relationship between writing… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
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![“[for indicted foreigners] simple expulsion is not enough (...) they must be arrested immediately, tried using a fast-track procedure, and then expelled to serve their sentences in the countries they came from, (...) it isn't right that foreign criminals are being housed in our [Italian] jails.” quote by Franco Frattini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a36/franco-frattini-80151_arrested_for-indicted-foreigners-simple-expulsion_105082.jpg)
![“In the case of a man and a woman [accused of commiting a crime together], both will often agree to the man taking the rap despite the man being more likely to receive a longer sentence and more likely to be raped in prison. If blacks were agreeing to do that for whites, the black community would…” quote by Warren Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/65d/warren-farrell-1187_accused_in-the-case-of-a-man-and-a-woman-accused_564194.jpg)
![“We're in a world of truncated sentences, soundbites and Twitter... [Language] is being eroded -- it's changing. Our expressiveness and our ease with some words is being diluted so that the sentence with more than one clause is a problem for us, and the word of more than two syllables is a problem…” quote by Ralph Fiennes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/68f/ralph-fiennes-7066_clauses_we-re-in-a-world-of-truncated-sentences_2142415.jpg)
![“Even within single sentences, there are sudden changes of register. And when the travellers go to Venice, they see a play by Voltaire! This is a novel [Candid] which has narratives within narratives, such as when Cunégonde recounts her story.” quote by Mark Ravenhill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d9a/mark-ravenhill-28127_books_even-within-single-sentences-there-are-s_1366468.jpg)
