"I just got this new camera. It's very advanced - you don't even need it."
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"Unpopular, lonely and loving, Elinor need not trouble, For if she were not so loving, She would not be so miserable."
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"Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world."
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"There's no need to sharpen my pencils anymore. They're sharp enough. Even the dull ones will make a mark."
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"You don't become completely free by just avoiding being a slave; you also need to avoid becoming a master."
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"If someone gives me a to-do list, I say 'thank you, this is nice.' One needs things to throw in the wastebasket."
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"The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy."
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"I think libertarians need somebody who can articulate getting from A to Z. But you know, if G is achievable, how about it? Let's get there!"
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"Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment."
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"No man need stay the way he is."
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"We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy."
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"I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time."
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"I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence."
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"A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing you to grow. Without them, it sleeps- seldom to awaken. The sleeper must awaken."
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"And those who only know the non-platonic love have no need to talk of tragedy. In such love there can be no sort of tragedy."
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"When the world makes no sense, go inside yourself, and listen carefully to your needs, until you understand once more."
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"How to begin the journey? You need only to take the first step. When? There is always now."
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"It's different for every writer. It's not a career for anyone who needs security. It's a career for gamblers. It's a career of ups and downs."
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"There was no need to inform us of the protocol involved. We were from Chicago and knew all about cement."
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"I'm so official, all I need is a whistle."
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