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"These four, however, seek the freedom of their will at the very point where they are most securely chained. It is as if the silkworm sought freedom of will in spinning. What is the reason?"
"I agree that two and two make four is an excellent thing; but to give everything its due, two and two make five is also a very fine thing."
"..., twice two is four is not life, gentlemen, but the beginning of death."
"you don't need free will to determine that twice two is four. that's not what i call free will"
"Whenever the human race assembles to a number exceeding four, it cannot stand free speech."
"I never did a thing in all my life, virtuous or otherwise that I didn't repent of within twenty-four hours."
"Jenks squinted at me, and when Trent nodded, the pixy gestured sourly to Bis to get on with it. A four inch man ruled us all."
"I train 10 times over six days every week. I also have three gym sessions and four physio sessions so it's a very busy life, but I wouldn't do it unless I enjoyed it and unless I had all that support around me."
"Kitten, four hours of sleep while holding you is far more beneficial to me than eight hours of endless tossing and turning because you're not there. -Bones from This Side of the Grave"
"I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally."
"I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold."
"My horses understand me tolerably well; I converse with them at least four hours every day. They are strangers to bridle or saddle; they live in great amity with me, and friendship of each other."
"It's the ultimate conceptual artwork. I took a piece of metal and just painted an image of a stop sign on it - a four-by-four-foot stop sign."
"I'm not wild about those twenty-four hour marinades"
"He who is well acquainted with the text of scripture, is a distinguished theologian. For a Bible passage or text is of more value than the comments of four authors."
"You are a fool in four letters, my son."
"I have four children and nine grandchildren. I'm presently wearing out my second wife."
"I've got four dogs, and I just don't do dog doo. I'm a diva when it comes to that."
