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"On the whole, the world was friendly. It chiefly depended on whether one were good or not."
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"What I think and what the world thinks is totally different."

"Despite what they tell you, there are simply no moral absolutes in a complex world."

"Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy."

"Half the world does not know the joys of wearing cotton underwear."

"In a perfect world, you would be able to hold onto everyone. But It's not realistic. The changes with NYPD have been progressive and have taken the show to new levels."

"I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues."
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"Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types."

"Any feeling that I was enriching my mind from those surrounding me was unfortunately rare with me."

"Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior."

"I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness."

"But my doubt would not be overcome. Kierkegaard had declared that it was only to the consciousness of sin that Christianity was not horror or madness. For me it was sometimes both."

"The war imbued my tin soldiers with quite a new interest. It was impossible to have boxes enough of them."
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