"[On her morphine addiction:] I was meant to 'taper off.' At times I felt such pains as must afflict a creature while a bigger beast eats and claws at its middle. God-awful things were hiding underneath my bed, and it was no use telling me they were not there - I knew they were, and felt their dreadful ever-changing shapes."

-- Evalyn Walsh McLean

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“I am deeply concerned about America.”

Source : "Interview with Rep. Todd Akin". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 5, 2012.
“I felt there was a certain amount of violence in the graphic and that it could still be cheated on screen so you could still have a hard PG-13 and open up your audience. Anybody can read the graphic novel. If you're 14, you can go out and buy it, and I felt that if you're 14 you should be able to see this movie [The Loosers].”
“The best contraceptive is the word no - repeated frequently.”
“If people are saying that somehow their connection is going to be detrimental to their health, of course they are going to reject that idea, because that's the power of falling like that.”
“We all know we have a problem, a broad problem. Ninety-eight percent of the fuel that is used by our vehicles, our autos and trucks for personal and commercial purposes, for highway and air travel operates on oil. The world has the same problem.”
“Are you maximizing your minute or are you making the most of the moment?”
“But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit.”
“I think a guy who's had just the right amount of booze can sing the blues a hell of a lot better than a guy who is stone sober.”

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