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Death was a friend, and sleep was Death's brother.


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If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.



And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.

And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.



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It was her habit to build up laughter out of inadequate materials.



Don't you love Jesus?' Well, I thought an' I thought an' finally I says, 'No, I don't know nobody name' Jesus. I know a bunch of stories, but I only love people.

Don't you love Jesus?' Well, I thought an' I thought an' finally I says, 'No, I don't know nobody name' Jesus. I know a bunch of stories, but I only love people.



You got a God. Don't make no difference if you don' know what he looks like.

You got a God. Don't make no difference if you don' know what he looks like.



The fields were fruitful, and starving men moved on the roads.

The fields were fruitful, and starving men moved on the roads.



The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man.

The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man.



The bank - the monster has to have profits all the time. It can't wait. It'll die. No, taxes go on. When the monster stops growing, it dies. It can't stay one size.

The bank - the monster has to have profits all the time. It can't wait. It'll die. No, taxes go on. When the monster stops growing, it dies. It can't stay one size.



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Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man.






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You should just write the movie based on people you actually know and then just see who wants to play it. Cast the net.



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It is a time when one's spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death.

It is a time when one's spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death.



And each day brings it's pretty dust, Our soon-choked souls to fll And we forget because we must, And not because we will.

And each day brings it's pretty dust, Our soon-choked souls to fll And we forget because we must, And not because we will.



Never mind. There. For good or bad. It's done.

Never mind. There. For good or bad. It's done.



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