"They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week."

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“Retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.”

“I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar.”

“Thou liar of the first magnitude.”

“It is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind.”

“Eternity was in that moment.”

“I nauseate walking; 'tis a country diversion, I loathe the country.”

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— Jefferson Davis

Politics1808–1889

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Politics1937–2006

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"Because of the economic crisis, China and the United States are bound together. This is a totally new phenomenon, and nobody will fight for ideology anymore. It’s all about business."

— Ai Weiwei

Art1957

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