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" What is reality, anyway? Just a collective hunch. "
Lily Tomlin
Hunch
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" If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less. "
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" I think my politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them. "
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" The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. "
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