There are no pessimists, there are only realists and liars.

~ Paul Virilio

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A Dickens character to me is a theatrical projection of a character. Not that it isn't real. It's real, but in that removed sense. But Sherlock Holmes is simply there. I would be astonished if I went to 221 1/2 B Baker Street and didn't find

~ Rex Stout

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Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism.

~ Ben Shapiro

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