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"When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff."
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"Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little more than a term of abuse applied by critics to anything they do not yet understand or which seems to differ from their moral concepts."
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"Emotional blackmails and psychological threats are the feces of a rotten soul."
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"Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse."
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"Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers."
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"Abuse may consist of physical maltreatment or language that is belittling, discriminatory..."
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"When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe."
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"We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation."
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"To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group for whom the rules of what can be done to you, of what is seen as abuse of you, are reduced as part of the definition of your status."
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"I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the way you do as a kid."
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"Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief."
Family

"When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light."
Life

"Like the sand and the oyster, it's a creative irritant. In each poem, I'm trying to reveal a truth, so it can't have a fictional beginning."
Truth

"Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have."
Personal

"I still read Donne, particularly his love poems."
Love

"Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings."
Emotional

"My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy."
Energy

"I think the dangers are different now. Our abuse of the planet and our resources is an anxiety."
Abuse

"Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely."
Work

"Poetry and prayer are very similar."
Poetry
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