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In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but i

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society thats filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act. – Don DeLillo

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Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted. – Don Delillo

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Secrets
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Don Delillo
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The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence. – Don DeLillo

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Society
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Don Delillo
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Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a products cost to society is reflected in the price of that product. – Eliot Spitzer

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Society

Im very old-fashioned in some ways because of my father, who thought that being a public servant was an honor. Everyone must find a capacity in which they can serve, because we all benefit from society. – Kathleen Turner

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Society

The trouble with our age is that it is all signposts and no destination. – The War Cry

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Society

Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them. – David Ogilvy

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Society

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More people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, my friends, that is true perversion. – Harvey Milk

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The days may not be so bright and balmy—yet the quiet and melancholy that linger around them is fraught with glory. Over everything connected with autumn there lingers some golden spell—some unseen influence that penetrates the soul with its mysterious power. – Northern Advocate

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Autumn

What Churchill described as the twin marauders of war and tyranny have been almost entirely banished from our continent. Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean. – David Cameron

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October is a hallelujah! reverberating in my body year-round…. – John Nichols (b.1940), The Last Beautiful Days of Autumn

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