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“I'm a little skeptical of so-called narco fiction, I have to say, though some writers I admire may have written some narco fiction. You feel the dread and the atmosphere in Yuri Herrera's extraordinary novels, but you'd never say that what he writes is narco fiction. The same goes for Martin Solares's novels, inspired by the nightmare city of Tampico, where he's from. Valeria Luiselli, Ãlvaro Enrigue, I know that they're deeply affected by what goes on in Mexico, but their wonderful writing points in another direction, though not necessarily always and only.”
Source : Source: therumpus.net
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“Members of the public would be forgiven for thinking that it is MPs who are lazy and that it is parliament that is failing to provide good value for money.”
Source : "MPs look lazy with short parliamentary hours, says Margaret Hodge" by Rajeev Syal, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2013.
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“I'd like the kind of love that lasts forever.It doesn't matter if it's plain,it doesn't matter if it's ugly.It just has to be there.”
Source : Mike Gayle (2002). “My Legendary Girlfriend”, p.276, Broadway Books
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“On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them.”
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“Bill and Hillary Clinton are the most investigated couple in American history - now the most thoroughly exonerated couple in American history.”
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“We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“Evil isn’t the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as Evil, maybe more so, and it’s a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against Stupid. That might actually make a difference.”
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“I'm fortunate that I'm employed. And if you're in show business, of course, every night you go to bed and go, oh my god, tomorrow I'll never, ever work again.”
Source : "'Canadian Jon Stewart' Explains Thanksgiving". Interview with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. October 9, 2010.