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    once to get my meaning down, once to put in anything I have left out, once to take out anything that seems unnecessary, and once to make the whole thing sound as if I have only just thought of it.

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We just can't get there. Maybe they see something we don't see.

We just can't get there. Maybe they see something we don't see.

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The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout read more

The superstition was that disability of any sort was the mark of the devil. The phrases are in languages throughout Europe: the devil's hoof, the devil's horn mark. It reaches back to early Christianity and the middle ages. Where a child was born out of wedlock, the church cooked up the impression that you'd done something sinful, and something dreadful would result. You will still find, particularly in Greece, people doing a little sign when they see a very badly disabled child – it needs warding off.

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Every eight minutes, someone has sex with an animal...and you wonder why the attack you. Because of that man, and read more

Every eight minutes, someone has sex with an animal...and you wonder why the attack you. Because of that man, and its up to me and a half mexican to stop him!

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He would always tell us to never let our guard down. At times, we would tell him, 'You're so uptight, read more

He would always tell us to never let our guard down. At times, we would tell him, 'You're so uptight, you just need to relax.' But if he wasn't like that I don't know if we would have taken some games as seriously as we did. It was good for him to be on our case about it all the time.

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It will have to be resolved internally. There is a view in Iran that if you give him enough rope, read more

It will have to be resolved internally. There is a view in Iran that if you give him enough rope, he'll hang himself. But how much rope will it take?

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We want to avoid a property owner using sewer availability as leverage to get more units with the county.

We want to avoid a property owner using sewer availability as leverage to get more units with the county.

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I am always fascinated by India.

I am always fascinated by India.

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I'm not satisfied at all with this and I hope in court it all comes out. Right now, I can't read more

I'm not satisfied at all with this and I hope in court it all comes out. Right now, I can't believe what's happening to my baby girl.

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[At the Old-Time Radio Convention, which expects 600 attendees this weekend, leaders have begun inviting television stars -- over the read more

[At the Old-Time Radio Convention, which expects 600 attendees this weekend, leaders have begun inviting television stars -- over the objections of purists who argue that only radio performers should be welcome.] If it becomes 'Friends of Old-Time Television,' I'm out of there, ... Let's Pretend.

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