"A young city, Miami lacks the history, the roots, and the traditions of other major metropolitan areas. Everybody here is from someplace else."

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Source : Edna Buchanan (2009). “The Corpse Had a Familiar Face”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

Edna Buchanan

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“Adam was a super-being when God created him.”
“My ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It was planted in me by a community that nurtured me.”
“My disinterest in your bullshit is so tangible you could make bricks out of it”

Source : Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.1999, Del Rey
“No partisan political activity transpired in my office during the recount period.”

Source : "Pro-Bush Files in Florida System". www.wired.com. August 08, 2001.
“When we receive Holy Communion, we experience something extraordinary - a joy, a fragrance, a well-being that thrills the whole body and causes it to exalt.”
“As we seek to eliminate individualism in teaching, we should not eradicate individuality with it.”
“The 19th century was the age of Individualism the 20th and 21st are the ages of Socialism.”
“Not a week goes by without my learning something new about golf. That means, of course, that I was ignorant of eight things about golf two months ago. Extend that process back nearly twenty years and the result is an impressive accumulation of ignorance.”

Source : Peter Dobereiner (1981). “The World of Golf: The Best of Peter Dobereiner”

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