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“God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.”

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East Germany was so total in its totalitarianism that everything was banned which wasn't compulsory.

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Few things in life seem more sexy than a banned book.

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I wanted to live with the ****ing manta rays, but they banned me from Sea World.

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