"it wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short."

-- Ernest Hemingway

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“He that alone would wise and mighty be,Commands that others love as well as he.Love as he lov'd! - How can we soar so high?-He can add wings when he commands to fly.Nor should we be with this command dismay'd;He that examples gives will give his aid:For he took flesh, that where his precepts fall,His practice, as a pattern, may prevail.”
“I do not say what I feel, and people often take that for shyness, even kindness.”
“I'm used to performing under pressure, but that's playing football.”
“I love Humanity but I hate humans”
“And this is for Colored girls who have considered suicide, but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows.”

Source : "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide". Choreopoem by Ntozake Shange, 1976.
“When I pair food and wine, I start with the food. If I have a beautiful roasted bird, I might choose a Cabernet or Pinot Noir, or maybe a Syrah, depending on the sauce and what is in my cellar.”
“The good doctor reassured John these were people who put their psychopathy to good use. They lived productive, well-adjusted lives as surgeons, CEOs and ambulance drivers. The light bulb went on. The CSC [Correctional Service of Canada] doesn't have to go through all these gyrations to reprogram anyone, they just have to find every inmate the right job!”
“Sorry, I happen to be into women, so Thanatos doesn't do it for me. But it's probably fair to say that if I were gay, I'd do him.”

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