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“The cynicism doesn't come across in the final; it can be taken as a very sincere plea for someone to not go away.”
Source : Source: pitchfork.com
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“If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.”
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“There are three times in a man's life when he has the right to yell at the moon-when he marries; when his children come; and when he finishes a job he had to be crazy to start.”
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“There aren't enough people fighting for being conservative with your sexual tastes. There's a little too much adventuresome stuff going on, so it's good to return to the basics.”
Source : Source: thequietus.com
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“Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and the paper, a book that seeps into your blood.”
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“Secularism, materialism, and the intrusive presence of things have put out the light in our souls and turned us into a generation of zombies.”
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“No human government has a right to enquire into private opinions, to presume that it knows them, or to act on that presumption. Men are the best judges of the consequences of their own opinions, and how far they are likely to influence their actions; and it is most unnatural and tyrannical to say, "as you think, so must you act. I will collect the evidence of your future conduct from what I know to be your opinions."”
Source : Charles-James Fox (1815). “The Speeches ... in the House of Commons”, p.2
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“Twenty-five years ago, Christmas was not the burden that it is now; there was less haggling and weighing, less quid pro quo, less fatigue of body, less weariness of soul; and, most of all, there was less loading up with trash.”