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When a language creates as it does a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.

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She said she knew she was able to fly because when she came down she always had dust on her fingers from touching the light bulbs. J. D. Salinger
There are moments when people love crime," Alyosha said pensively."Yes, yes! You've spoken my own thought, they love it, they all love it, and love it always, not just at 'moments.' You know, it's as if at some point they all agreed to lie about it, and have been lying about it ever since. They all say they hate what's bad, but secretly they all love it. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Tim LaHaye quote: "When you allegorize, you're gonna get everybody saved somehow."
When you allegorize, you're gonna get everybody saved somehow. Tim LaHaye
... 'He's black, you see that! I thought he would be all along.' Harelip's voice trembled with excitement. 'He's a real black man, you see!' 'What are they going to do with him, shoot him?' 'Shoot him!' Harelip shouted, gasping with surprise. 'Shoot a real live black man!' Because he's the enemy,' I asserted without confidence. 'Enemy! You call him an enemy!' Harelip seized my shirt and railed at me hoarsely, spraying my face with saliva through his lip. 'He's a black man, he's no enemy! Kenzaburo Oe
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Reign of Fire is something I know how to do, because I've played tough so much. Izabella Scorupco
Obviously I'm young and I'm also Hispanic, two important groups in this election. And I'm confident that I can do a good job in articulating why President Obama ought to be the candidate that Americans select for the next four years. Julian Castro
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I never really considered myself attractive. I was always kind of gangly in school. Robert Pattinson
When I was 15, I changed my name legally. I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything just didn't fit, and I was trying to find things I could identify myself with, and it started with my name. Portia de Rossi
Miguel de Cervantes quote: "Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always..."
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. Miguel de Cervantes
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The expression of divinity is in variety. Sheri S. Tepper
I don't know how this company got the name National Shakespeare Company, because it was literally like retards employing retards. Rob Corddry
Margaret Mitchell quote: "I will think about that tomorrow!"
I will think about that tomorrow! Margaret Mitchell
Gordon B. Hinckley quote: "Things work out; it isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is."
Things work out; it isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. Gordon B. Hinckley
When they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things . . . Atticus, he was real nice. . . .” His hands were under my chin, pulling up the cover, tucking it around me. “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them. Harper Lee
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I fell through a crack for years. Historically, I am a nothing because I fit in no category. I can only be me. Howard Hodgkin