"And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve."

-- Duncan Sheik

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“Asset forfeiture is a mockery of the Bill of Rights. There is no presumption of innocence, no need to prove you guilty (or even charge you with a crime), no right to a jury trial, no right to confront your accuser, no right to a court-appointed attorney (even if the government has just stolen all your money), and no right to compensation for the property that's been taken.”
“I have always differentiated between two types of friends; those who want proofs of friendship, and those who do not. One kind loves me for myself and the others for themselves.”
“Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty.”
“So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on justice as well, have historically evolved as religious issues.”
“When you chop wood, chips fly.”
“Fool me once, shame on â€” shame on you. Fool me â€” you can't get fooled again.”
“The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.”
“Sir, I didn't deserve the grade you gave me on this test. Do you know a lower one?”

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