"If a slave is unwilling to go with his new master, he is whipped, or locked up in jail, until he consents to go, and promises not to run away during the year."

-- Harriet Ann Jacobs

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“He stood there for a moment looking around the silent room, shaking his head slowly. All these books, he thought, the residue of a planetâ€™s intellect, the scrapings of futile minds, the leftovers, the potpourri of artifacts that had no power to save men from perishing.”
“They can keep their heaven. When I die, Iâ€™d sooner go to Middle Earth.”
“One cannot rest except after steady practice.”
“Room service? Send up a larger room.”
“You see a lot of sketch variety shows where each segment is one joke that they repeat over and over and over again, and the sketches are always three or four minutes too long.”
“Then soon with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well.”

Source : Samuel Woodworth (1831). “Melodies, duets, trios, songs, and ballads, pastoral, amatory, sentimental, patriotic, religious, and miscellaneous. Together with metrical epistles, tales and recitations”, p.12
“I'm definitely very careful about the things that I want to be a part of, but it's also important for me to get dance out there to more people.”
“This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage.”

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