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At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.


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Never assume the obvious is true.



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To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.

To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.



When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.



As long as one American is hungry... then we have unfinished business in this country.

As long as one American is hungry... then we have unfinished business in this country.



It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.

It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.



The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.



Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.

Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.



The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.



Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.





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But life is not a legend or a story. Reality is far more precious than a story.



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I’m not perfect and I don’t have to be.



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There will be people who will teach for the sake of greed or for the sake of ego. So watch their lives. Do they look and act like Jesus?



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