"If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain."

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"If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain."

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"Don't panic. Are you sitting? You probably don't need to sit. Well, possibly. At least lean on something."

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"Silverfish looked down."Oh. Are you a dwarf?"Cuddy gave him a blank stare."Are you a giant?" He said."Me? Of course not!"Ah. Then I must be a dwarf, yes."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"What's a philosopher?' said Brutha.Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"At this, Gansey rolled over onto his back and folded his hands on his chest. He wore a salmon polo shirt, which, in Blue's opinion, was far more hellish than anything they'd discussed to this point."

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"Reason like a sphere? What type of reasoning does a wooden sphere do?""The circular type, I should think. And, by coincidence, it is my favorite type as well. Perhaps that's why I'm so good at the game."

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"Lovemaking is a big grammatical error, i think it should be, LustMaking."

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Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

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"Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man."

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"Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies."

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"I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe."

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"I am president now, and tired of being kicked around."

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"I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am president the less of a party man I seem to become."

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"Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told the truth to the newspaper correspondents - but when you tell the truth to them they are at sea."

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"Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law."

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