"Writing is a solitary activity, it requires isolation and silence."

-- Dacia Maraini

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“Why do they call it proctology? Is it because analogy was already taken?”
“There are a lot of messages that need to be sent to the criminal who is out there dealing in this on the streets of the United States. We need to send the message of swiftness and certain punishment.”
“I was in the school plays, I did a lot of music. I carried on through university for short films and loads of plays.”

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“We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate.”
“The consideration of change over the century is about loss, though I think that social change is gain rather than loss.”
“Detroit is still seen as the tough city, a city that has a reputation for high crime, ... The tough city thing is fine. Its always had a reputation as that. ... You know, Gordie Howe, when I was watching hockey, was the toughest guy in the league playing for the Red Wings. He represented that tough aura.”
“I grew up in Harlem. My grandmother was one of the best cooks around, but the first thing she did on Sunday mornings when she started cooking a daylong meal was to take a big block of lard from the back of the refrigerator and throw it into the pan. I know how Hispanics buy their food, and it is not always nutritious.”
“I was a big fighter when I was younger. In bars I was ready to explode and fight.”

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