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The wicked flee when none pursueth.


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Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.

Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.



You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it.

You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it.



Time just gets away from us.

Time just gets away from us.



My Master of Arts degree means nothing at all to these monkeys and I have come to share their indifference.

My Master of Arts degree means nothing at all to these monkeys and I have come to share their indifference.



I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance.

I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance.



But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?

But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?



As he drank, little brown drops of coffee clung to his mustache like dew. Men will live like billy goats if they are let alone.

As he drank, little brown drops of coffee clung to his mustache like dew. Men will live like billy goats if they are let alone.



Lookin' back is a bad habit.

Lookin' back is a bad habit.



Nothing I like to do pays well.

Nothing I like to do pays well.



If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.

If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.





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Sometimes the idea of living as a hermit appeals to all of us. No demands, no needs, no pain, no disappointments. But that is because we have been hurt, are worn out.

Sometimes the idea of living as a hermit appeals to all of us. No demands, no needs, no pain, no disappointments. But that is because we have been hurt, are worn out.



All at once I felt so vain, like a girl posturing for the crowds as she walks along, only to discover the street is empty.

All at once I felt so vain, like a girl posturing for the crowds as she walks along, only to discover the street is empty.



If you've got more ambiguous characters or stock stereotypes, the plastic comes through and they don't work as well.

If you've got more ambiguous characters or stock stereotypes, the plastic comes through and they don't work as well.



I guess sometimes the past just catches up to you, whether you want it to or not.

I guess sometimes the past just catches up to you, whether you want it to or not.



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The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.



I'm a romantic; you have to be to marry four times.

I'm a romantic; you have to be to marry four times.



This city, all they want us to be is ourselves. You love us how we are. We’re all a work in progress as men and you still love us and I thank you so much for embracing us.

This city, all they want us to be is ourselves. You love us how we are. We’re all a work in progress as men and you still love us and I thank you so much for embracing us.



Turkey, Japan do great work because they can keep under control their little personal selfishness, egoism, jealousy, etc. when they get down to work.

Turkey, Japan do great work because they can keep under control their little personal selfishness, egoism, jealousy, etc. when they get down to work.




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