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Sara Sheridan

"Reticence was clearly a national characteristic, even if the other person spoke French."

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"Reticence was clearly a national characteristic, even if the other person spoke French."

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"Lash had been explaining to her that it's impolite to refer to an African American as a nigga, unless one was another African American, when Troy Lee came in and said, 'She only speaks Cantonese.''She does not. She keeps coming in and saying 'What's up my nigga?'''Oh yeah. She does that to me, too. Did you give her a pound?''No. I didn't give her a pound, motherfucker. She called me a nigga.''Well, she's not going to quit unless you give her a pound. It's just the way she rolls.''That's some bullshit, Troy.''It's her couch."

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"You can tell a lot about the intellectual and moral progress of a nation's citizens, by the quality and nature of the films they watch."

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"Culture is a symbolic veil with which we hide our animal nature from ourselves - and other animals."

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"A gold tooth is to some blacks, what braces are to all whites."

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"She said: Sheriff how come you to let crime get so out of hand in your county? Sounded like a fair question I reckon. Maybe it was a fair question. Anyway I told her, I said: It starts when you begin to overlook bad manners. Any time you quit hearin Sir and Mam the end is pretty much in sight."

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"Any country where I am not bored is a country that teaches me nothing."

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