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“No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic.”
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“I like the Beatles, of course, but that's when I grew up.”
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“I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart.”
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“I'm very skeptical about the good intentions of Milosevic.”
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“Still, I look down, and the grass is so green, I cannot understand how it does not wither and die with sorrow. But against the emerald carpet, the warriors make war, and it is like a dance, almost beautiful, always macabre. The noise brings me back, the fearsome noise of swords striking swords, a metallic clanging that rings in my ears, echoing and echoing the fearsome din of men screaming and crying as they meet the sharp ends of blades.”
Source : Lisa Ann Sandell (2008). “Song of the Sparrow”, p.14, Scholastic Inc.
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“The results of recent research on the impacts of climate change dramatically weaken the case for expensive, near-term abatement programs.”
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“When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.”
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“I was an advocate of the deregulation movement and I made - along with a lot of other smart people - a fundamental mistake. The financial industry undergirded the entire economy and if it is made riskier by deregulation and collapses in widespread bankruptcies as what happened in 2008, the entire economy freezes because it runs on credit.”
Source : "Reagan-Appointed Judge: Deregulation Movement Made ‘A Fundamental Mistake’". www.huffingtonpost.com. August 24, 2012. 
