"Forgetfulness, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation."

-- Ernest Renan

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“Do we dare be ourselves? That is the question that counts.”
“I hope I'm not a tourist attraction - I'm sure that they come here really because St. Andrews is just amazing, a beautiful place.”
“I kind of feel like I've been eating professionally for a long time. I've tasted everything. If there's a sausage, you know what? I know exactly what it tastes like. I love them all. But right now it's more important for me to not have all that grease and fat in my body.”
“Because America isn't perfect, it must be evil. Because Marxist regimes make claims of perfection, they must be good. ... Remind me again, was it John Ashcroft or Fidel Castro who put H.I.V. sufferers in concentration camps?”
“Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project.”
“Big writers become a kind of shared climate.”
“The dark scary servant of all evil was on his way to rescue me. Somehow that thought failed to make me warm and fuzzy.”
“I think that everybody wants to be heard, and the easiest way to be the loudest is to be the hater.”

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