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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Justice, Jurist, Author
Devil

"There is in all men a demand for the superlative, so much so that the poor devil that has no other way of reaching it attains it by getting drunk."

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Orhan Pamuk Novelist, Screenwriter
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"Let me first state forthright that contrary to what we've often read in books and heard from preachers, when you are a woman, you don't feel like the Devil."

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
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"When a man understands who he is, who God is, who the devil is... then he can pick himself up out of the gutter; he can clean himself up and stand up like a man should before his God."

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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
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"Why must I run against a Negro? We have had enough of Negroes running against and fighting with each other. The better bet is that we would put a Muslim candidate in the field against a devil, somebody who is against all we stand for."

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Neil Gaiman Author
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"If a Devil is one who dares, when others hold back, then I am happy to play the Devil in this Mystery, boy."

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George Bernard Shaw Playwright, Critic
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"Nationalism must now be added to the refuse pile of superstitions. We are now citizens of the world, and the man who divides the race into elect Irishmen and reprobate foreign devils (especially Englishmen) had better live on the Blaskets where he can admire himself without disturbance."

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