. . . the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. - William Faulkner

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The State practices "violence," the individual must not do so. The state's behavior is violence, and it calls its violence "law"; that of the individual, "crime".

William Faulkner

. . . the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.

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. . . how false the most profound book turns out to be when applied to life.

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Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.

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The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.

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Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.

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Everyone in the South has no time for reading because they are all too busy writing.

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Since Adam and Eve ate the apple, man has never refrained from any folly of which he was capable.

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Max Stirner

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John Palfrey

Television didn't transform education. Neither will the internet. But it will be another tool for teachers to use in their effort to reach students in the classroom. It will also be a means by which students learn outside the classroom

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Cat Stevens

Find a girl, settle down, If you want you can marry.

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Hope, danger's comforter

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