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Quote by Anthony Burgess
We are supposed to be the children of Seth; but Seth is too much o

We are supposed to be the children of Seth; but Seth is too much of an effete nonentity to deserve ancestral regard. No, we are the sons of Cain, and with violence can be associated the attacks on sound, stone, wood and metal that produced civilization. – Anthony Burgess

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Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid being a public menace. – Anthony Burgess

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Violence among young people is an aspect of their desire to create. They dont know how to use their energy creatively so they do the opposite and destroy. – Anthony Burgess

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Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. – Abraham Lincoln

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It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. – Gandhi

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Cause a man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun – Don Henley

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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. – Dave Barry

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For above all things Love means sweetness, and truth, and measure yea, loyalty to the loved one and to your word. And because of this I dare not meddle with so high a matter. – Marie de France

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I am deeply concerned that, without peace and a two-state solution, the Jewish and democratic nature of Israel is in danger. Thats why I have opposed Israels settlement policy since 1973, and thats why I have favored a two-state solution since 1967. – Alan Dershowitz

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