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Scum of the Earth as some may be in their daily lives, they can all be saints in emergencies.


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True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.



We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.



There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.



I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.



He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.

He didn't look like a soldier at all. He looked like a filthy flamingo.



Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.



Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.

Perhaps I am the turtle, able to live simply anywhere, even underwater for short periods, with my home on my back.



About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm.



We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.



Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.





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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.



It is my fondest wish that the gift of song that God has given me will flow from my soul to yours and help ease any burden that might weigh upon you.

It is my fondest wish that the gift of song that God has given me will flow from my soul to yours and help ease any burden that might weigh upon you.



I want to be a better Chris Quinn. I don't want to be a different Chris Quinn.

I want to be a better Chris Quinn. I don't want to be a different Chris Quinn.



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The size of your faith or the degree of your knowledge is not the issue—it is the integrity you demonstrate toward the faith you do have and the truth you already know.

The size of your faith or the degree of your knowledge is not the issue—it is the integrity you demonstrate toward the faith you do have and the truth you already know.



Let your bookcases and your shelves be your gardens and your pleasure-grounds. Pluck the fruit that grows therein, gather the roses, the spices, and the myrrh.

Let your bookcases and your shelves be your gardens and your pleasure-grounds. Pluck the fruit that grows therein, gather the roses, the spices, and the myrrh.



Let us remember that we are all Indians eating Indian grain and salt, and living on the dumb Indian masses.

Let us remember that we are all Indians eating Indian grain and salt, and living on the dumb Indian masses.



Rambo was a Green Beret," Hannah said. "Please. We eat those army boys for breakfast.

Rambo was a Green Beret," Hannah said. "Please. We eat those army boys for breakfast.



Tonight will be bad, and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.

Tonight will be bad, and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.




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