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“There are two men in Tolstoy. He is a mystic and he is also a realist. He is addicted to the practice of a pietism that for all its sincerity is nothing if not vague and sentimental; and he is the most acute and dispassionate of observers, the most profound and earnest student of character and emotion.”
Source : William Ernest Henley (1906). “Views and Reviews: Essays in Appreciation: Literature”
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“Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of American demographics in mind.”
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“Do you really think I'm going to go on record telling you the craziest thing I've ever done. There's a reel in my brain, and I think I'll keep it there. No regrets, though.”
Source : Source: www.theskanner.com
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“This is not a legitimate congressional exercise. This is not a fact-finding hearing. This is theater. This is a charade. This is stage craft. This is nothing more than a political hit job on a women`s right to choose. Which, by the way, is constitutionally protected.”
Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
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“I don't feel that an atmosphere of debate and total disagreement and argument is such a bad thing. It makes for a vital and alive field.”
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“There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick.”
Source : "The royals are so thick" by Alastair Campbell, www.theguardian.com. April 11, 2001.
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“In ways I don't entirely have the words for, an experience, thought or a lesson isn't real for me until I've written down.”
Source : "'Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness' by Alexandra Fuller". Interview with Jeff Glor, www.cbsnews.com. September 19, 2011.
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“I got some media coverage for using the tail, the ear, the oink.”