"The greatest single virtue of a strong legislature is not what it can do, but what it can prevent."

-- J. William Fulbright

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“I think my work is very difficult to understand. Sometimes people do and sometimes they don't. I can't do much about that.”

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“Time has an undertaking establishment on every block and drives his coffin nails faster than the steam riveters rivet or the stenographers type or the tickers tick out fours and eights and dollar signs and ciphers.”
“A couple of months ago I hauled my white ***** on stage alongside Chaka Khan and Stevie Wonder for Divas Las Vegas, singing in front of a celebrity audience. If I can hold my own there, I can hold my own at Top of the Pops, trust me.”
“I'm not one to be messed with. I can be bad when it needs to happen.”
“How can you stand touching her?â€ my sister blurted, staring at our clasped hands. â€œDoesnâ€™t that hurt?â€ I seized on the change of topic. â€œThese gloves are specialized rubber. They block the current.â€ Gretchenâ€™s gaze traveled over Vlad, disbelief still stamped on her features. â€œYeah, but how do you two do anything else, unless he has a special, currentrepelling glove for hisâ€”â€ â€œGretchen!â€ my father cut her off. My cheeks felt hot. Donâ€™t say a word, I thought to Vlad, seeing his chest tremble with suppressed laughter. â€œHe has a natural immunity,â€ I gritted out.”
“I just show up to the yard, work hard, and play as hard as I can.”
“It is not, as somebody once wrote, the smell of corn bread that calls us back from death; it is the lights and signs of love and friendship.”
“I don't know. I imagine good teaching as a circle of earnest people sitting down to ask each other meaningful questions. I don't see it as a handing down of answers...”

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