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“America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.”

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Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's…

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You can do right or you can do what you are told. And the prize of the victory will belong to the bold.

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Is there anybody here who thinks that following the orders takes away the blame Is there anybody here who wouldn't mind a murder by…

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I can spare a dime, brother, but in these morally inflationary times, a dime goes a lot farther if it's demanding work rather than…

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God help the troubadour who tries to be a star. The more that you try to find success, the more that you will fail.

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Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.

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I wonder who I left behind on the other side of fame.

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In the state of Mississippi, Many Years Ago, a boy of 14 years got a taste of Southern law.

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There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror…

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One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and grieve.

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The only possibility in the United States for a humane society would be a revolution with Elvis Presley as leader.

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Oh you tell me that there's danger to the land you call your own, And you watch them build the war machine right beside…

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Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who…

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Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the…

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So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of…

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Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines.

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The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and…

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I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes]

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America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,…

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I'm gonna bring America together.

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In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did…

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We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that.

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America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the…

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