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-- Allen Sapp

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“The Greeks adored their gods by the simple compliment of kissing their hands; and the Romans were treated as atheists if they would not perform the same act when they entered a temple. This custom, however, as a religious ceremony declined with paganism,but was continued as a salutation by inferiors to their superiors, or as a token of esteem among friends.”
“I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned.”

Source : "America's New War: Responding to Terrorism". "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. October 1, 2001.
“The musquetos continue to infest us in such manner that we can scarcely exist. My dog even howls with the torture he experiences.”
“Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.”
“The writer must hew the phantom rock.”
“They have accepted me as an individual, as a personality, as an entity. I belong! I am important! I am somebody!”
“For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.”
“When I was in my early twenties, my mom started repeating things, asking the same questions, telling the same stories. It was like, Oh, God, this is not right. When I was 25, my brother and I finally told our dad we had to take her to the doctor.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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