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• We made plenty of mistakes, but we never tripped anybody to gain an advantage, or took illegal shortcuts when no judge was around. We have all jogged and panted it out the whole way.

  Wallace Stegner

  Mistake, Judging, Way

  Wallace Stegner (2007). “Crossing to Safety”, p.12, Modern Library

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• Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of American communities.

  Jane Jacobs

  Community, Drug, Tvs

  Jane Jacobs (2007). “Dark Age Ahead”, p.37, Vintage

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• Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big business. Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall - it's wet.

  Banksy

  Wall, Party, Bus Stops

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• You can feel bad... I mean, that's not illegal.

  Zadie Smith

  Mean, Feels

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• People use drugs, legal and illegal, because their lives are intolerably painful or dull. They hate their work and find no rest in their leisure. They are estranged from their families and their neighbors. It should tell us something that in healthy societies drug use is celebrative, convivial, and occasional, whereas among us it is lonely, shameful, and addictive. We need drugs, apparently, because we have lost each other.

  Wendell Berry

  Lonely, Hate, Drug Use

  Wendell Berry (2003). “The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry”, p.61, Counterpoint

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• She thinks I’m a drug dealer. (Chris) ‘The most “illegal” thing the boy had ever done was to walk past a Salvation Army Santa Claus, once, without dropping money into the kettle.’ (Wulf)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Army, Boys, Past

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2010). “Kiss of the Night”, p.29, Macmillan

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• He had heard her say, so many times, that a society that approved of making abortion illegal was a society that approved of violence against women; that making abortion illegal was simply a sanctimonious, self-righteous form of violence against women- it was just another way of legalizing violence against women, Nurse Caroline would say.

  John Irving

  Self, Nurse, Abortion

  "The Cider House Rules". Book by John Irving, 1985.

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• I take issue with many people's description of people being illegal Immigrants. There aren't any illegal Human Beings as far as I'm concerned.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Issues, People, Immigration

  "They Are Our Children Now" by Fred Lundgren, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 14, 2014.

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• He threw his head back and sang, "'I am a centaur, yes, a centaur is what I am.' It's not like you to wax, Artemis" "Foaly is singing," said Holly. "Surely that's illegal?

  Eoin Colfer

  Hollies, Singing, Centaurs

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• Roland could not understand why anyone would want cocaine or any other illegal drug, for that matter, in a world where such a powerful one as sugar was so plentiful and cheap.

  Stephen King

  Powerful, Drug, World

  Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• Between the money and the illegal merchandise, Bones was getting millions. No wonder he laughed at my salary. -Cat

  Jeaniene Frost

  Cat, Salary, Wonder

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• She came awake, stomach rumbling, and opened her eyes to see a plate being held right under her nose. When she reached for it, Shane snatched it back. "Nuh-uh. Mine." "Share!" she demanded. "Man, you are one grabby girlfriend." She grinned. It always made her feel so fiercly warm inside to hear him say that- the girlfriend part, not the grabby part. "If you love me, you'll give me a taco." "Seriously? That's all you got? What about you'll do sexy, illegal things to me for a taco?" "Not for a taco," she said. "I'm not cheap." "They're brisket tacos." "Now you're talking.

  Rachel Caine

  Sexy, Girlfriend, Eye

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• Shigure Sohma: Tohru's very cute in a sweet sort of way. Hatori Sohma: For some reason when you say that it reeks of something illegal.

  Natsuki Takaya

  Cute, Sweet, Way

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• You know you're smarter than all of them, right?" Hale said flatly. "In fact, if you wanted to PROVE it..." He glanced at the blackjack tables. Simon shook his head. "I don't count cards, Hale." "Don't?" Hale smiled. "Or won't? You know, technically, it's not illegal." "But it's frowned upon." Sweat beaded at Simon's brow. He sounded like someone had just suggested he swim after eating... run with scissors... "It is SERIOUSLY frowned upon.

  Ally Carter

  Running, Sweat, Swim

  Ally Carter (2011). “Heist Society”, p.42, Hachette UK

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• When I got to college, the fake ID thing wasn't that important, since pretty much everyone could get away with drinking in New Orleans. But the drugs, well, that was a different story altogether, because drugs are every bit as illegal in New Orleans as anywhere else--at least, if you're black and poor, and have the misfortune of doing your drugs somewhere other than the dorms at Tulane University. But if you are lucky enough to be living at Tulane, which is a pretty white place, especially contrasted with the city where it's located, which is 65 percent black, then you are absolutely set.

  Tim Wise

  Drinking, College, Cities

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• Everything good in life is either immoral, illegal or fattening.

  Nicole Richie

  Life Is, Fattening, Immorality

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• We can begin the restructuring of thought by declaring legitimate what we have denied for so long. Lets us declare Nature to be legitimate. The notion of illegal plants is obnoxious and ridiculous in the first place.

  Terence McKenna

  Dmt, Long, Mind Blowing

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• As a matter of fact, I was going to offer you something.” “What did you have in mind?” "A field trip. You interested in doing something dangerous, and possibly illegal?” “Does it involve underage girls, broken curfews and assorted fruit toppings?

  Rachel Vincent

  Girl, Broken, Mind

  Rachel Vincent (2011). “If I Die”, p.131, Harlequin

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• It should've been illegal for a man to walk around like that without some sort of permit.

  Julie James

  Men, Permit, Should

  Julie James (2010). “Something About You”, p.179, Penguin

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• A field trip. You interested in doing something dangerous, and possibly illegal?" Does it involve underage girls, broken curfews and soorte4d fruit toppings?" I dropped the empty can into the recycling bin and leaned against the kitchen peninsula, grinning like an idiot. "Two of the three. And I could probably scrounge up some strawberry jam, if you're desperate." "I'm never desperate," Tod said, only his voice hadn't come from my phone. I whirled around to see the reaper standing behind me, still holding his cell. "But for the record, I prefer apricot." "Yuck. Nobody likes apricot jam.

  Rachel Vincent

  Girl, Cells, Two

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• It is illegal to yell “fire” in a crowded theater. If there is a fire, please yell something else instead, like “Flames!” or “Smoke maker!” or “Bad hot!

  Demetri Martin

  Fire, Flames, Hot

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• I don’t see any police cars.” “They probably had to park a couple blocks over. Anyway, as I was saying, I noticed illegal substances in the hands of a few guests.” “So?” she snapped. “It’s a party.” “Alcohol is illegal under the age of twenty-one.” “Great!” Marcie shouted. “What am I going to do?” She paused, then raised her voice again. “You probably called them!” “Who, me?” Vee said. “And lose the free food? No way.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Couple, Block, Party

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.419, Simon and Schuster

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• he wouldn't mention, now or then, the illegal nine-millimeter automatic he had in his pocket. Why distress the woman you loved with minor details?

  Nora Roberts

  Pockets, Details, Nine

  J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts (2011). “J.D. Robb The IN DEATH Collection”, p.55, Penguin

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• Do people ever climb the demon towers? Like, for any reason?" Aline looked up. "Climb the demon towers?" She laughed. "No, no one ever does that. It's totally illegal, for one thing, and besides, why would you want to?" Aline, Isabelle thought, did not have much imagination. She herself could think of lots of reasons why someone might want to climb the demon towers, if only to spit gum down on passerbys below.

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, People, Imagination

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “City of Glass”, p.223, Simon and Schuster

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• Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behaviour and information processing. They open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong.

  Terence McKenna

  Government, Information Processing, Dmt

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