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"It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill."

John Gunther, American Journalist

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"It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill."

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Lenny Kravitz, American Musician

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Anne Rice, American Novelist

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"Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"

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"If a man's from Texas, he'll tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him by asking?"

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"The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the gaudy days, this is small-time stuff. Chicago is as full of crooks as a saw with teeth, but the era when they ruled the city is gone forever."

"It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill."

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