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Keep friends close but keep enemies closer.


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Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.



The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.

The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.



America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live.

America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught; hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live.



I dreamed night after night that everyone in the world was dead excepting myself, and that upon me rested the responsibility of making a wagon wheel.

I dreamed night after night that everyone in the world was dead excepting myself, and that upon me rested the responsibility of making a wagon wheel.



The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.

The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.



Of all aspects of social misery nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment.

Of all aspects of social misery nothing is so heartbreaking as unemployment.



Things that make us alike are finer and stronger than the things that make us different.

Things that make us alike are finer and stronger than the things that make us different.



Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.



Only in time of fear is government thrown back to its primitive and sole function of self-defense and the many interests of which it is the guardian become subordinate to that.

Only in time of fear is government thrown back to its primitive and sole function of self-defense and the many interests of which it is the guardian become subordinate to that.



Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.

Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.





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I only write about what I do, what happens to me.

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Don't worry when you're being persecuted for God, worry when you're not.

Don't worry when you're being persecuted for God, worry when you're not.



Every step forward is made at the cost of mental and physical pain to someone.

Every step forward is made at the cost of mental and physical pain to someone.



I once had a lot of hatred, mainly toward my father, an alcoholic.

I once had a lot of hatred, mainly toward my father, an alcoholic.



In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.

In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.



I resent almost all of the time I spend in front of the television, but I find 'The Only Way Is Essex' absolutely riveting.

I resent almost all of the time I spend in front of the television, but I find 'The Only Way Is Essex' absolutely riveting.



In terms of actual audience numbers, I honestly had no idea what to expect [with 'Treachery' ]. It was, after all, not a superhero title.

In terms of actual audience numbers, I honestly had no idea what to expect [with 'Treachery' ]. It was, after all, not a superhero title.



No, Michael was all good. Killed, dismembered, buried, reborn…yeah, just another day in the life.

No, Michael was all good. Killed, dismembered, buried, reborn…yeah, just another day in the life.



The best thing I ever heard was in the '60s. I heard Jimi Hendrix play 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' after a rehearsal, and it was brilliant.

The best thing I ever heard was in the '60s. I heard Jimi Hendrix play 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' after a rehearsal, and it was brilliant.




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