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“Bonny isn't ordinary. She has a liquid, intellectual gaze, as if she's not a dog but a Democrat, interested, like Gabe and Len, in civil liberties.”
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“... historical research of the truly scholastic kind is not connected with human beings at all. It is a pure study, like higher mathematics.”
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“... the overwhelming majority of people who are engaged in the processes of thought and expression are Democrats because the essence of thought is exploration and diversity and change. It's impossible to have vision in art or government without risk, or the boldness and courage which produce risk. And this — in spite of what they call modern Republicanism — is the antithesis of true Republican thinking.”
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“Crisis can be an addiction as powerful as any other ...”
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“Conflict is inevitable, the source of all growth, and an absolute necessity if one is to be alive.”
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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
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“In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving — instead of actually getting up and leaving.”
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“One of the most common signs of this period, in some natures, is the love of contradiction and opposition, — a blind desire to go contrary to everything that is commonly received among the older people.”