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I think a child should be allowed to take his fathers or mothers n

I think a child should be allowed to take his fathers or mothers name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction. – James Joyce

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Think youre escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home. – James Joyce

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I grew up on a farm in a small town where you do or say one thing and everybody knows about it. You see it happen, theres always the town gossip – Oh did you hear about so and so, or did you hear what went on in this household? So I learned at a very young age just to keep my mouth shut. – Garrett Hedlund

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I saw how many people were poor and how many kids my age went to school hungry in the morning, which I dont think most of my contemporaries in racially segregated schools in the South thought very much about at the time. – Charles Kuralt

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Swing voters are more appropriately known as the idiot voters because they have no set of philosophical principles. By the age of fourteen, youre either a Conservative or a Liberal if you have an IQ above a toaster. – Ann Coulter

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But I think its a little different in Europe, because 40 is really the best age for a woman. Thats when we hit our peak and become this ripe fruit. – Juliette Binoche

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