"Dango, Pume, Thwither: down with Visbhume’s breeches; let him hold his backside at the ready."

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“Evidently you do not trust me. This does not predispose me to trust you.”

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“Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response exists.”

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"What good are all these books to you? You can't eat them! How can they make you happy?"

— Peter Greenaway

Art1942

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"Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: “Do not march on Moscow”. Various people have tried it, Napoleon and Hitler, and it is no good."

— Bernard Montgomery

Military1887–1976

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"Humanity has a strange fondness for following processions. Get four men following a banner down the street, and, if that banner is inscribed with rhymes of pleasant optimism, in an hour, all the town …"

— John Dos Passos

Literature1896–1970

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"I guess I want things to be like they were before. Hell, we're almost ready to graduate." "Tell you what, Carter," Archie said. "Let things stay the same as before, like you just said. Let the last da…"

— Robert Cormier

Journalism1925–2000

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