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"I wasn't particularly worried; running is overrated anyway, and sport only makes you sweaty and smug and wears out the knees."
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"I like cappuccino, actually. But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all."
"I wasn't particularly worried; running is overrated anyway, and sport only makes you sweaty and smug and wears out the knees."
"Hope," Frank grumbled. "I'd rather have a few good weasels."
"You can pay for whatever you want, but I just want to warn you that I prefer to stay at places that don't start or end with the word 'motel."
"I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren't cute,& if they are cute they rapidly outgrow it."
"I like simple men and complicated women."
"I would like to see it go back to the wood racquets. To see the touch put back in tennis."
"I'll play first, third, left. I'll play anywhere - except Philadelphia."
"I'd rather have a real South Dakotan who has lived in this state and made her living here instead of someone with a fancy East Coast law degree any day."
"A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it even if bad to a classic."
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"I think Wordsworth was as surprised to see me as I was him. It can't be usual to go to your favorite memory only to find someone already there, admiring the view ahead of you."
"I liked him, but since his particular field of interest was Remote Suggestion--the skill of projecting thoughts into people's heads from a distance--I didn't know whether I actually liked him or he was just suggesting I like him, which was both creepy and unethical. In fact, the whole Remote Suggestion or "seeding" idea had been banned once it was discovered to be the key ingredient in promoting talent less boy bands, which had until then been something of a mystery."
"Humans like stories. Humans need stories. Stories are good. Stories work. Story clarifies and captures the essence of the human spirit. Story, in all its forms-of life, of love, of knowledge-has traced the upward surge of mankind. And story, you mark my words, will be with the last human to draw breath."
"Believe me, you're going to have to do much worse than this--in the pursuit of freedom, the innocents will suffer--and at your hands."
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