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"I feel horribly vindicated. Three thousand people died who didn't have to die."

Caleb Carr, American Novelist

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"I feel horribly vindicated. Three thousand people died who didn't have to die."

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"I'm still a firm believer that we were definitely put here to use our minds, and that is what makes us different. And that that's the key. If there is anything that is going to stop mankind from being such a beastly, destructive creature, it is reason."

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"I feel horribly vindicated. Three thousand people died who didn't have to die."

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