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" Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession. "

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" The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age. "

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" May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that 'faith' is even more difficult for Him than it is for us? "

" A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can't think of anything else to do. "

" Now is the age of anxiety. "

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" A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. "

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