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“What's so wonderful about being 6'3. What is this mythical edge tall men have over average and short men?”
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“You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analagous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination. Hold the philosophy, hold the adjectives, just give us a plain subject and verb and perhaps a wholesome, nonfattening adverb or two.”
Source : Larry McMurtry (2010). “Some Can Whistle”, p.6, Simon and Schuster
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“The perspective that law enforcement is presenting seems to be a very narrow one that's focused very, very heavily on investigations of past crimes rather than on preventing future crimes. It's very important for policymakers to take that broader view because they're the ones who are trusted to look at the big picture.”
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“There was specific constitutional provision for emergency measures in the case that Abraham Lincoln faced - an insurrection - which no other president has faced.”
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“The US wished things to turn out as they did, and worked to bring this about. The department of state desired that the UN prove utterly ineffective in whatever measures it undertook. This task was given to me, and I carried it forward with no inconsiderable success.”
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“You're talking to investors - and investors, they look at you and they realize, you know, not every business they invest in are the founders or the people running it going to have every bit of skill - and I think they looked at me and realized, OK, this is a guy who's got a lot - I'm much older than the usual run of people they fund.”
Source : "How Does a Host of Working Work?". "Working" with Adam Davidson, www.slate.com. May 18, 2015. 
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“Actors between plays are like ghosts looking for bodies to inhabit.”
Source : Gail Godwin (2011). “The Finishing School”, p.144, Ballantine Books
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“Kings should disdain to die, and only disappear.”
Source : Thomas De Quincey (1826). “Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. By T. De Quincey”, p.90
