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• Unfortunately, that still leaves plenty of Americans who don't read much or think much -- who will still be extremely useful in unjust wars. We are sick about that. We did the best we could.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  War, Thinking, Sick

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• I go by the gut. I might not appear to have any talent but I've got plenty of gut instinct.

  Haruki Murakami

  Might, Talent, Instinct

  Haruki Murakami (2011). “1Q84: Books 1 and 2”, p.77, Random House

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• Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Life, Self Improvement, Enjoy

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• I immediately felt better about killing him. I’ve never known a Trevor who wasn’t a total douchebag. It’s just one of those names that goes so nicely with selfish, arrogant, malicious behavior—and really, what did I know about this guy? Nothing, except that his name was Trevor and he’d been nabbed in the midst of breaking-and-entering. That was plenty.

  Cherie Priest

  Selfish, Names, Guy

  Cherie Priest (2011). “Bloodshot”, p.46, Spectra

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• And along with indifference to space, there was an even more complete indifference to time. "There seems to be plenty of it", was all I would answer when the investigator asked me to say what I felt about time. Plenty of it, but exactly how much was entirely irrelevant. I could, of course, have looked at my watch but my watch I knew was in another universe. My actual experience had been, was still, of an indefinite duration. Or alternatively, of a perpetual present made up of one continually changing apocalypse.

  Aldous Huxley

  Space, Watches, Answers

  Aldous Huxley (2010). “The Doors of Perception: And Heaven and Hell”, p.23, Random House

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• Yes, there are plenty of heroes and heroines everywhere you look. They are not famous people. They are generally obscure and modest people doing useful work, keeping their families together and taking an active part in the health of their communities, opposing what is evil (in one way or another) and defending what is good. Heroes do not want power over others.

  Edward Abbey

  Hero, People, Evil

  "Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast".

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• And yes,Percy,of course they are now in our United States. Look at your symbol,the eagle of Zeus. Look at the statue of Prometheus in Rockefeller Center,the Greek facades of our government builidings in Washington. I defy you to find any American city where the Olympians are not proeminently displayed, in multiple places. Like it or not-and believe me,plenty of people weren't very found of Rome,either-America is now the heart of the flame. It is the great power of the West.And so Olympus is here.And we are here.

  Rick Riordan

  Believe, Heart, Cities

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• A strange species we are, We can stand anything God and nature can throw at us save only plenty. If I wanted to destroy a nation, I would give it too much, and I would have it on its knees, miserable, greedy, sick. --John Steinbeck to Adlai Stevenson

  John Steinbeck

  Giving, Sick, Knees

  John Steinbeck (2003). “America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction”, p.97, Penguin

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• There are plenty who regard a wall behind which something is happening as a very curious thing.

  Victor Hugo

  Wall, Curious, Behinds

  Victor Hugo (2012). “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, p.2, Courier Corporation

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• She knew that when she got old it would be more fun to look back on a life of romance and adventure than a life of quiet habits. But looking back was easy. It was the doing that was painful. There were plenty of things she would like to look back on but wasn't willing to risk.

  Ann Brashares

  Fun, Adventure, Romance

  Ann Brashares (2011). “Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel”, p.22, Random House

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• She did not care very much for other little girls, but if she had plenty of books she could console herself.

  Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Girl, Book, Care

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (2015). “A Little Princess (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.8, Diversion Books

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• Face it," Gary told her kindly. "You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the punishments without saying anything. Sometimes I wonder if that isn't what they're really trying to teach us--to take plenty and keep our mouths shut.

  Tamora Pierce

  Punishment, Trying, Mouths

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Alanna: The First Adventure”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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• In my first video diary I explained my love for women who have a taste in carrots. Since then, I have received plenty of carrots. Now I also have a keen interest in women who like Lamborghinis.

  Louis Tomlinson

  Video, Diaries, Taste

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• Jenks kept me alive for two years through two death threats, a crazy banshee, and at least two serial killers. Its about time I return the favor! And if I can't, then I can sit by his bed and hold his hand as he dies, 'cause I've had plenty of practice doing that, too!

  Kim Harrison

  Crazy, Hands, Years

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• They say you never know who's the real hero and who's the real coward until you're looking death in the face. I've always been afraid of plenty of things, but fear isn't what makes you a coward. It's how depraved your heart becomes when fear gets pumped through it.

  Neal Shusterman

  Real, Hero, Heart

  Neal Shusterman (2012). “Full Tilt”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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• Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff. "We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Girl, Mother, Father

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Annotated Little Women with English Grammar Exercises: by Louisa May Alcott (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)”, p.4, Powell Publications, LLC

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• Human beings can get used to virtually anything, given plenty of time and no choice in the matter whatsoever.

  Tom Holt

  Choices, Matter, Used

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• I'm afraid of plenty of things," he said. "I just do them anyway.

  Kristin Cashore

  Said

  Kristin Cashore (2012). “Bitterblue”, p.134, Penguin

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• You forgot to cough!” he said. “Sorry.” She coughed. “Your sneakiness is dangerous. Next time that chisel will lodge itself in my head.” “Now, Peder, there’s plenty of stone around here for carving. No need to practice on your own face.” He stroked his chin. “You’re right, my jaw is already chiseled to perfection.” She agreed, but she felt too silly to say so aloud.

  Shannon Hale

  Sorry, Silly, Practice

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• Percy looked at his friends. "I'm getting tired of this guy's shirt." "Combat time?" Piper grabbed her horn of plenty. "I hate wonder bread," Jason said. Together, they charged.

  Rick Riordan

  Hate, Tired, Guy

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• In explaining the growth of his faith, psychiatrist Gerald May writes, "I know that God is loving and that God’s loving is trustworthy. I know this directly, through the experience of my life. There have been plenty of times of doubt, especially when I used to believe that trusting God's goodness meant I would not be hurt. But having been hurt quite a bit, I know God's goodness goes deeper than all pleasure and pain it embraces them both." Ruthless Trust, pg 22

  Brennan Manning

  Hurt, Pain, Believe

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• In a town like London there are always plenty of not quite certifiable lunatics walking the streets, and they tend to gravitate towards bookshops, because a bookshop is one of the few places where you can hang about for a long time without spending any money.

  George Orwell

  Long, London, Towns

  George Orwell (2009). “Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays”, p.39, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I never understood society. i undersand that it works somehow and that it functions as a reality and that its realities are necessary to keep us from worse realities. but all i sense are that are plenty of police and jails and judges and laws and that what is meant to protect me is breaking me down.

  Charles Bukowski

  Reality, Law, Jail

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• The underlying struggle - between worlds of plenty and worlds of want; between the modern and the ancient; between those who embrace our teeming, colliding, irksome diversity, while still insisting on a set of values that binds us together, and those who would seek, under whatever flag or slogan or sacred text, a certainty and simplification that justifies cruelty toward those not like us.

  Barack Obama

  Struggle, Diversity, Together

  Barack Obama (2007). “Dreams From My Father”, p.10, Canongate Books

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• We'll squeeze every second that we can from our lives, because we're young, and we have plenty of years to grow. We'll grow until we're braver. We'll grow until our bones ache and our skin wrinkles and our hair goes white, and until our hearts decide, at last, that it's time to stop.

  Lauren DeStefano

  Heart, Wrinkles, Hair

  Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Sever”, p.371, Simon and Schuster

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