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“ All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way-if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy. ”

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Never say you are five feet nine whenyou are five feet eight and a half was the first one I encountered.Another was, Always say some prayers at night because it might turnout that there is a God.

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Why talk about something you can't do anything about?

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I could not escape a feeling that this was my own funeral, and you do not cry in that case.

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There are special, strange gifted people in the world and they have to be treated with understanding

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