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"My brain's gone, my soul's worn and my spirit is torn The rest of my body's still bein operated on."

— Eminem

Music1972

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"God save us always," I said, "from the innocent and the good."

— Graham Greene

Literature1904–1991

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"158. The eye and religion can beare no jesting."

— George Herbert

Music1593–1633

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"All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men."

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Politics1793–1863

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