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Got a lot of sinful idears--but they seem kinda sensible.


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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.



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



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



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