"There aint any news in being good. You might write the doings of all the convents of the world on the back of a postage stamp, and have room to spare."

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Finley Peter Dunne

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“The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not.”
“The pole vault is a very complicated event, there are many things involved.”
“I have prepared myself to be at my peak in London. But in the Olympics, there are so many factors. You need to stay alert all the time, and a lapse of concentration, even for a second, will let you down.”
“You can't quite believe what you are hearing - and it's not necessarily something that you can listen to all the time because it's too intense - but it changes the way you go about making music.”

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“When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time.”
“An addict is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong.”
“I regard large inherited wealth as a misfortune, which merely serves to dull men's faculties. A man who possesses great wealth should, therefore, allow only a small portion to descend to his relatives. Even if he has children, I consider it a mistake to hand over to them considerable sums of money beyond what is necessary for their education. To do so merely encourages laziness and impedes the healthy development of the individual's capacity to make an independent position for himself.”
“A lot of people can be very scared about making themselves vulnerable and appearing uncool. I don't really give a damn; as long as it's funny, I'll do it [make fun of myself].”

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