"People demand a lot of the justice system and they demand things that it can't deliver."

People, Justice

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"People demand a lot of the justice system and they demand things that it can't deliver."

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"I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."

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"Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen King's books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

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"People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect."

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