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Don't name it, as they say, because instantly you offer it to this peculiar authority. ”
If my vision was good enough, I'd be an astronaut. ”
Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh. ”
I am fairly certain that my abortion position hurt me, because in a Democratic primary, where turnout is relatively low, liberal voters turn out in disproportionately large numbers and thus exercise a disproportionate influence on the outcome. ”
To the extent that the United States has, I don't like the word hegemony, the United States has influence around the world, I don't think that's based on to any significant degree on the fact that countries use the dollar as their major reserve. ”
I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than those of any other author. ”
One of the first duties of a Scout is obedience to authority. He must obey his orders in the first place and put his own amusement or desires in the second. ”
Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example. ”
Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil. ”
There's one of my new poems actually - is a good example of where my poetry has ended up. My earlier river poetry was more like a cross between Shelley and Dylan Thomas. ”