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George’s Quotes

“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

tags: fear, hate, pain

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“While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: money

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“There's a point, you know, where treachery is so complete and unashamed that it becomes statesmanship.”
― George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman and the Mountain of Light

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“He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.”
― Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche

tags: epitaph, first-sentence, great-first-lines, laughter, literary, merriment, opening-lines

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“You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.”
― Leon Trotsky

tags: war

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Movies We've Just Watched — 2591 members — last activity 21 hours, 6 min ago
A chance in quick form to give your recent impressions of a movie you just watched--on the big screen or on dvd. Good or bad; life-changing or just si ...more

Literary Fiction by People of Color — 13132 members — last activity 1 hour, 18 min ago
This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more

History is Not Boring — 2060 members — last activity Sep 23, 2025 03:56PM
Why do people think history is boring? I don't get it. ...more

(good) Horror Films — 166 members — last activity Aug 27, 2019 04:16PM
Do you like The Shining? Do you like Audition? Ok, cool. Do you like Scream 3? Do you like the Resident Evil films? GET OUT OF HERE! All those who ...more

THE WORLD WAR TWO GROUP — 2689 members — last activity Jan 13, 2026 07:42AM
A chance to discuss books covering the Second World War, the battles, campaigns, leaders and weapons. Tantum librorum, tam brevi tempore (So many ...more

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