"If you had to chose one half of your son, which one would it be?" What kind of a question is that?!" No need to snap. It was just a question."
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"Many thoughts are so dependent upon the language in which they are clothed that they would lose half their beauty if otherwise expressed."
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"Many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death."
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"A drainless shower Of light is poesy: 'tis the supreme of power; 'Tis might half slumbering on its own right arm."
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"Shame about how we’re gonna die here, though. I mean, seriously. An Arab and a half-Jew enter a store in Tennessee. It’s the beginning of a joke, and the punch line is “sodomy’’."
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"You can make startling changes you can’t even conceive of right now, if you just give yourself half a chance."
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"Most performers spend half their earnings taking care of family members."
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"There are always those who say legislation can't solve the problem. There is a half-truth involved here. It is true that legislation cannot solve the whole problem. It can solve some of the problem. It may be true that morality can't be legislated, but behavior can be regulated."
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"Don't imitate me / we are not two halves / of a muskmelon."
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"Why should it happen that among the great many women whom I see and am fond of, suddenly somebody I meet for half an hour opens the door into poetry?"
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"Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener. The latter must prepare to receive it according to the motion it takes."
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"A speech belongs half to the speaker and half to the listener."
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"How did you get back?' asked Vautrin. 'I walked,' replied Eugene. 'I wouldn't like half-pleasures, myself,' observed the tempter. 'I'd want to go there in my own carriage, have my own box, and come back in comfort. All or nothing, that's my motto.' 'And a very good one,' said Madame Vauquer."
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"The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original."
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"Once you've invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story's grown to around a half-million words and can't be written as anything less than a trilogy."
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