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    C.S. Lewis
    “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
    ― C. S. Lewis
    tags: freedom, morality, politics, wisdom
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    “If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed.”
    ― Cora M. Strayer
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    Pete Townshend
    “There's no easy way to be free.”
    ― Pete Townshend
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    Hunter S. Thompson
    “In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”
    ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
    tags: inspiration
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    Elif Shafak
    “Politics divide us. Fiction connects.”
    ― Elif Shafak
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    “We are becoming so entrenched into fighting for our positions that we’re losing sight of the fact that there is a huge middle ground, with most people in it. Hell, fighting for the righteousness of their position seems to now be many people’s overarching priority...more than saving people, more than helping them get better.

    If that’s not fucked up, then I don’t know what is.”
    ― Anna Valdiserri
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    Marc MacYoung
    “A lot of people don't have opinions...they have weaponized ideals.”
    ― Marc MacYoung
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    “There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.”
    ― Joseph Pulitzer
    tags: crime, secrecy, transparency, vice
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    Daniel Keys Moran
    “There are a great many women in the world. But in your entire life you only get a few friends.”
    ― Daniel Keys Moran, The Last Dancer
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    H.L. Mencken
    “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve. This is true even of the pious brethren who carry the gospel to foreign parts.”
    ― H.L. Mencken, Minority Report
    tags: anointed, deceit, elite, false-prophets, falsehood, gospel, humanity, humility, messiahs, power, proselytizing, rulers, service
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
    ― Winston Churchill
    tags: attributed-no-source, convictions, criticism
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    Joseph A. Schumpeter
    “The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.”
    ― Joseph A. Schumpeter
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    L. Frank Baum
    “No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.”
    ― L. Frank Baum, The Lost Princess of Oz
    tags: knowledge, thievery, treasure
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    Richard Castle
    “There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers.”
    ― Richard Castle
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    Dorothy Parker
    “I like to have a martini,
    Two at the very most.
    After three I'm under the table,
    after four I'm under my host.”
    ― Dorothy Parker, The Collected Dorothy Parker
    tags: drinking, drunken-behaviour, humor
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    Nenia Campbell
    “I participate in BDSM, but I wasn't abused as a child. I don't hate women, or particularly enjoy hurting women. Sometimes I make them feel pain, but it's consensual, it serves a purpose—to get them off—and they can indicate that they wish me to stop at any time. I do like the power I get from total submission, and the trust that my partner puts in me to give me everything, from her mind to her body, while expecting nothing in return—except the understanding that I won't violate that trust.”
    ― Nenia Campbell, Bound to Accept
    tags: bdsm, bdsm-quotes, bdsm-romance, bdsm-sex, erotica, lovers, philosophy, romance, romantica, sex, trust, xxx
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    Nenia Campbell
    “In my experience, the romance novels written about BDSM have about as much in common with actual BDSM relationships as a child playing with a jump rope.”
    ― Nenia Campbell, Bound to Accept
    tags: bdsm, bdsm-erotica, bdsm-quotes, bdsm-romance, bdsm-sex, funny-and-random, funny-quotes, humor, humorous, humorous-quotes, sex, sexual, sexual-humor, xxx
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    “You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.”
    ― Tina Fey
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson
    “If the world is something you accept rather than interpret, then you're susceptible to the influence of charismatic idiots.”
    ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Margaret Deland
    “Conceit is the Devil's horse and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry.”
    ― Margaret Deland
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    Banana Yoshimoto
    “That's the advantage of insomnia. People who go to be early always complain that the night is too short, but for those of us who stay up all night, it can feel as long as a lifetime. You get a lot done”
    ― Banana Yoshimoto, N.P
    tags: insomnia, night
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    François de La Rochefoucauld
    “If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.”
    ― François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims
    tags: criticism
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Not all those who wander are lost.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
    tags: bilbo, journey, lost, quest, travel, wander
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    Theodore Roosevelt
    “If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness.”
    ― Theodore Roosevelt
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    Thomas Wolfe
    “Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up.”
    ― Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again
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    Aristotle
    “Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.”
    ― Aristotle
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    C.S. Lewis
    “I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: books-reading
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    C.S. Lewis
    “I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.”
    ― C. S. Lewis
    tags: hurt, lewis, misery, sad, truth
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    George S. Patton Jr.
    “If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”
    ― George S. Patton
    tags: herd-mentality, inspiration, patton
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    Winston S. Churchill
    “Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”
    ― Winston Churchill
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