"Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous."

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Source : William Wells Brown (1853). “Clotel; or, The president's daughter”, p.179

William Wells Brown

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“Maybe you feel pressure to be positive because so many people rely on your good, fake-positive energy? If that's the case, screw everybody else. You're not a bottle of Valium.”

Source : Augusten Burroughs (2012). “This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.”, p.17, Macmillan
“It's nice to go to small places where we had a lot of fans. They followed our career and it's kind of a way to say thank you to them and do it for a good cause.”
“It's been over 15 years since I toured... over 12 years since I did any recording under my own name. I never really intended to take that long of a hiatus.”
“But we should not lose sight of how far we are coming and what a big hole we were left by George W. Bush.”
“The most difficult dilemma for a person is perhaps when his heart testifies to an inevitable reality yet his tongue will not proclaim it, when his mind screams in acceptance of truth but he cant bring himself to state it.”
“Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.”
“The violence of war is random. It does not make sense. And many of those who struggle with loss also struggle with the knowledge that the loss was futile and unnecessary.”
“Sometimes the only answer to death is lunch.”

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