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“That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.”
Source : Pliny (the Younger) (18??). “The Letters of Pliny the Younger: Literally Translated with Notes, Melmoth's Translation, Revised by Bosanquest”
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“I went to Samuel Ayer High School, which is now Milpitas High School.”
Source : "Grant Show stars in 'Accidentally on Purpose'". Interview with Peter Hartlaub, www.sfgate.com. October 24, 2009. 
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“If you are serving justice to one person, those who have been affected should also be served some form of justice.”
Source : "Peace activist Leymah Gbowee". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. October 5, 2011.
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“If you're actually being paid to be miserable, and to be as miserable as you can be, that's a very fortunate thing, if you're prone to occasional lapses of spirit.”
Source : Source: collider.com
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“Anybody who gives away money is mostly looking at things where they think they can make a difference. I'm trying to help people who helped me, educational institutions that helped me with scholarships, or organizations that were very useful to me in growing up.”
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“When I'm panicked about my love handles, I go to the YMCA and get obsessed with Kid Rock videos as I'm on the running machine.”
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“How could poetry and literature have arisen from something as plebian as the cuneiform equivalent of grocery-store bar codes? I prefer the version in which Prometheus brought writing to man from the gods. But then I remind myself that...we should not be too fastidious about where great ideas come from. Ultimately, they all come from a wrinkled organ that at its healthiest has the color and consistency of toothpaste, and in the end only withers and dies.”
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“It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me”
