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• Those of us who write and study history are accustomed to its approximations and ambiguities. This is why we do not take literally the tenth-hand reports of frightened and illiterate peasants who claim to have seen miracles or to have had encounters with messiahs and prophets and redeemers who were, like them, mere humans. And this is also why we will never submit to dictation from those who display a fanatical belief in certainty and revelation.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Atheist, Writing, Hands

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• If by now you're a little confused, don't be too hard on yourself. Life is confusing, and anyone who claims that she has all the answers has probably uncovered the wrong ones.

  Kirsten Miller

  Confused, Confusing, Answers

  Kirsten Miller (2011). “Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City”, p.231, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• At this point two elderly security guards in parkas, the guys who normally work the front desk at the plant, asked John to step behind the tape. John claims that here he told the guards that he could not speak English and when that failed to persuade them, he fa...ked a violent seizure. I am unclear as to the purpose of this part of his plan. John flung himself down and began rolling around in the snow, thrashing his limbs about and screaming “EL SEIZURE!!! NO ES BUENO!!!” in a Mexican accent.

  David Wong

  Elderly, Security Guards, Speak English

  David Wong (2011). “John Dies at the End”, p.408, Titan Books

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• How folks lay claim to a loved one is they give you a name of their own. They figure to label you as their property.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Names, Giving, Labels

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Rant: The Oral History of Buster Casey”, p.18, Random House

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• The Chinese say that you should never, ever buy a used desk unless you know the history of it. They claim that if it belonged to a bad businessman, his karma will befall you. This one here belonged to President Kennedy. So what do you think that means? (Randy) I don’t know, but if I were you, I wouldn’t ride through Dallas in a convertible in November. Bad feng shui. (Steele)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Karma, Mean, Thinking

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2005). “Bad Attitude”, p.149, Simon and Schuster

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• The judge placed his hands on the ground. He looked at his inquisitor. This is my claim, he said. And yet everywhere upon it are pockets of autonomous life. Autonomous. In order for it to be mine nothing must be permitted to occur upon it save by my dispensation.

  Cormac McCarthy

  Hands, Order, Judging

  Cormac McCarthy (2015). “Blood Meridian: Picador Classic”, p.209, Pan Macmillan

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• She smiled darkly and shook her head. 'I'm not crazy. I'm not. Of course what else would a crazy person claim? That's the Kafkaesque genius of it all. If you're not crazy but people have told the world you are, then all your protests to the contrary just underscore their point. Do you see what I'm saying?

  Dennis Lehane

  Crazy, People, Genius

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• Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because the last century has produced an abundance of ideologies that pretend to be keys to history but are actually nothing but desperate efforts to escape responsibility.

  Hannah Arendt

  Responsibility, Keys, Effort

  Hannah Arendt (1973). “The Origins of Totalitarianism”, p.53, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• We Americans claim to be a peace-loving people. We hate bloodshed; we are opposed to violence. Yet we go into spasms of joy over the possibility of projecting dynamite bombs from flying machines upon helpless citizens. We are ready to hang, electrocute, or lynch anyone, who, from economic necessity, will risk his own life in the attempt upon that of some industrial magnate. Yet our hearts swell with pride at the thought that America is becoming the most powerful nation on earth, and that she will eventually plant her iron foot on the necks of all other nations. Such is the logic of patriotism.

  Emma Goldman

  Powerful, Hate, Heart

  Emma Goldman, Candace Falk (2008). “Emma Goldman”, p.377, University of Illinois Press

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• It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I'd rather not consider that).

  Richard Dawkins

  Stupid, Believe, Ignorant

  "Should Science Speak to Faith? (Extended version)". Interview with Lawrence M. Krauss, www.scientificamerican.com. June 19, 2007.

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• No. You know this is wrong and you want to feel better about it. You don't want to admit your as ruthless and monstrous as the demons you claim to hate.

  Darren Shan

  Hate, Feel Better, Want

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• Aren’t you afraid they’ll arrest you? (Shahara) I wasn’t a convict, Dagan. I was an illegally purchased slave. My owner has no legal claim on me. And I’m no longer a kid learning my powers. I’m a full-grown man with an ax I want to bury in the forehead of anyone dumb enough to come at me. I defy the bastards to try something now. (Nero)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Kids, Men, Dumb

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• The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Inspirational, Roots, Earth

  Rabindranath Tagore, Mohit Kumar Ray (2007). “Poems”, p.411, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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• Deregulation is a transfer of power from the trodden to the treading. It is unsurprising that all conservative parties claim to hate big government.

  George Monbiot

  Hate, Party, Government

  "This Tory bonfire of regulations lets the rich foul the poor with impunity" by George Monbiot, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2010.

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• All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody’s property; no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta”, p.49, Advaita Ashrama

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• Poems On Love Love adorns itself; it seeks to prove inward joy by outward beauty. Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom. Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it. Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Love Is, Giving, Joy

  Rabindranath Tagore, “Poems On Love”

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• Love is not sufficient. It never has been. Stories that claim otherwise are lies. There's always SOMETHING after happily ever after.

  Arthur Phillips

  Lying, Love Is, Stories

  Arthur Phillips (2010). “The Song is You”, p.270, Gerald Duckworth & Co

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• Atlantis: Fabled. Mystical. Golden. Mysterious. Glorious and magical. There are those who claim that it never was. But then there are also those who think they are safe in this modern world of technology and weapons. Safe from all the ancient evils. They even believe that wizards, warriors, and dragons are long dead. They are fools clinging to their science and logic while thinking it will save them. (Thrylos)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Believe, Warrior, Technology

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Kiss of the Night”, p.1, Macmillan

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• I am neither foe nor friend to my brothers, but such as each of them shall deserve of me. And to earn my love, my brothers must do more than to have been born. I do not grant my love without reason, nor to any chance passer-by who may wish to claim it. I honor men with my love. But honor is a thing to be earned.

  Ayn Rand

  Brother, Men, Honor

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.47, Xist Publishing

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• When we are young we do not look into mirrors. It is when we are old, concerned with our name, our legend, what our lives will mean to the future. We become vain with the names we own, our claims to have been the first eyes, the strongest army, the cleverest merchant. It is when he is old that Narcissus wants a graven image of himself.

  Michael Ondaatje

  Mean, Eye, Army

  Michael Ondaatje (2011). “The English Patient”, p.151, A&C Black

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• I will tell you a little secret about archaeologists, dear Reader. They all pretend t be very high-minded. They claim that their sole aim in excavation is to uncover the mysteries of the past and add to the store of human knowledge. They lie. What they really want is a spectacular discovery, so they can get their names in the newspapers and inspire envy and hatred in the hearts of their rivals.

  Barbara Mertz

  Lying, Heart, Past

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• What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Class, Way, Ruling

  Christopher Hitchens (2008). “Thomas Paine's Rights of Man”, p.11, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• When we support or vote for candidates outside the two major political parties we are immediately lectured about wasting our vote or making it easier for the less desirable of the two major candidates to claim victory. These lies are repeated every election and they must be ignored. You never waste your vote if you vote your conscience.

  Glenn Beck

  Lying, Party, Two

  Glenn Beck (2009). “Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Ouf-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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• We rely on faith only in the context of claims for which there is no sufficient sensory or logical evidence.

  Sam Harris

  Atheist, Atheism, Logical

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• I add my oath of protection to the bone,' he said in a whisper. 'To you now and to any child you may bear in the future. I would trade no day I spend with you for a life of safe slavery. I accepted the post of Seeker of my own free will. And if Darken Rahl takes the whole world into madness, then we will die with a sword in our hands, not chains on our wings. We will not allow it to be easy for them to kill us; they will pay a high price. We will fight with our last breath if need be, and in our death, let us inflict a wound on him that will fester until it claims him.

  Terry Goodkind

  Children, Fighting, Hands

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Wizard's First Rule”, p.185, Head of Zeus

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