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Beth Grant Actress
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"I'd much rather insult people and make 'em angry. Donnie Darko's very controversial. Not all of my friends like it. Honestly, it's almost become a test for me. If somebody says they don't like Donnie Darko, I think, "Oh, I don't know you as well as I thought I did.""

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Andre Gide Novelist
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"You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
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"Poets should be law-givers; that is, the boldest lyric inspiration should not chide and insult, but should announce and lead the civil code, and the day's work."

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Oscar Wilde Writer
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"We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The public like to insult poets because they are individual, but once they have insulted them, they leave them alone."

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George Washington Military Leader, Politician
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"To secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force organized and ready to vindicate it from insult or aggression."

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Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist
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"It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.' By George!' said Syme facing round and looking at him, 'What a clever chap you are!"

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