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" Washington turned a blind eye to Al-Qaeda. "

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" Write something, even if it's just a suicide note. "

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" You cannot deprive somebody of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, because that is a right - constitutional right. "

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" Like most readers, I tend to skip the acknowledgements at the beginnings of books: the 'To-My-Wife-Without-Whose-Invaluable-Assistance' kind of thing. "