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" It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality. "
Virginia Woolf
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" We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods. "
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" One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph. "
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" The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity. "
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" To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father. "
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" Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic. "
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