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“When a man is down on his luck he seems to consume all he can get of coffee and doughnuts.”

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“...the irrational will have its say, perhaps because 'irrational' is the wrong word for it.”

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Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

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Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never…

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If I had to describe my remarks this evening frankly as if I were in police court and on oath, so to speak I…

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The people of the United States, perhaps more than any other nation in history, love to abase themselves and proclaim their unworthiness, and seem…

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I don't suppose God laughs at the people who think He doesn't exist. He's above jokes. But the devil isn't. That's one of his…

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Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb

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“My lifelong involvement with Mrs Dempster began at 5:58 o'clock p.m. on 27 December 1908, at which time I was ten years and seven months old.”

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In a government like ours, the Crown is the abiding and unshakable element in government; politicians may come and go, but the Crown remains…

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The art of the quoter is to know when to stop.

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There can be no doubt that Samuel Marchbanks is one of the choice and master spirits of this age. If there were such a…

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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose.

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“Life is like coffee, the darker it gets, the more it energizes.”

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I spend a lot of time loathing the sentences that I put down on the page. Once I'm past that phase, it doesn't really…

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If Japanese tea 'stands,' it acquires a coarse bitterness and an unwholesome astringency. Milk and sugar are not used.

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...it isn't foolish or wicked to enjoy. Wickedness is hurting people on purpose. I love what you are and who you are and how…

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