"The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious."

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"The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious."

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"On several occasions President Kennedy encouraged me to take a lover, an obvious sign he also had some himself."

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"That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along."

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"I will always admit immediately to what's obvious, which is that Homo sapiens is inherently erotic or inherently sensual from birth."

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"We came back right over the World Trade Center and could see, even from that altitude, the devastation, the smoke that was coming up. It was obvious it was going to be horrible."

Hugh Shelton, American Soldier

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"It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety."

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