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“I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.”
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“Don't waste your sufferings.”
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“Most of the problems that plague our society - addiction, overeating, crime, domestic violence, prejudice, debt, unwanted pregnancy, educational failure, underperformance at school and work, lack of savings, failure to exercise - are in some degree a failure of self-control.”
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“But I also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not on the streets of our cities.”
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“I really like writing from real-life experiences. Audiences seem to prefer the stuff I couldn't have made up.”
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“Race is an invention, not a noticeable genetic presence, and cultural traits are brute concoctions of the social sciences.”
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“When you have a bad game the social network isn't exactly your best friend. People tend to go after you a little bit, but I don't let it bother me.”
Source : "Talking to Our NFL Rookie of the Year Pick Eddie Lacy About Twitter and Getting Hit Very Hard". Interview with Esquire, www.esquire.com. January 27, 2014.
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“The scale and the brutality of our prisons are the moral scandal of American life.”
Source : "The Caging of America" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. January 30, 2012.