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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and prot

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status. – David Mamet

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The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent. – David Mamet

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Poker
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David Mamet
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The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same). – David Mamet

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Recognition
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative. – Alfred Adler

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An evil life is a kind of death. – Ovid

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Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs. – Isaiah Berlin

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