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My generation was somewhat between things, neither free nor much supported by whatever held us in.


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After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?



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Words have a life; without response they die.



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Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's almost as if were put here on earth to show how silly they aren't.



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When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system?.



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