Purity is a negative state and therefore contrary to nature.
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A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.William Faulkner
Be scared. You can't help that. But don't be afraid. Ain't nothing in the woods going to hurt you unless you corner it, or it smells that you are afraid. A bear or a deer, too, has got to be scared of a coward the same as a brave man has got to be.
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The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel. In my opinion it's the perfect milieu for an artist to work in.
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The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
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Well, between Scotch and nothin', I suppose I'd take Scotch. It's the nearest thing to good moonshine I can find.
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