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" The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law. "

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" And they're also very good at math, these super boogers, and so they teach Billy the ways of mathematics. "

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" You know, I hate to give advice because my life has been so odd that almost nothing that's happened to me can apply. "

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" I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career. "

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" I just took the idea that King Kong was too big for everything and reversed it and put George in a land of giants, which is basically what every kid goes through anyway - that, you know, the world is made for grownups, for tall people, for the giants. "