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> [“Americans had become lazy and irresponsible, focused on the pursuit of sex, money, and pleasures, unwilling to sacrifice and prepare for the obvious threats all around them. What fools to think "Guns, Germs and Steel" would no longer shape human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/drew-miller/americans-had-become-lazy-and-irresponsible-focused-on-the-pursuit-of/)

[Drew Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/drew-miller/)

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> [I'm enough of an independent loner, that staying in a group's good graces is not always my first priority. I'm not a big fan of majority rules. We call that a mob. Sorry, TJ, all men are not created equal,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rock-cowles/i-m-enough-of-an-independent-loner-that-staying-in-a-group-s-good/)

[Rock Cowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rock-cowles/)

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