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Cormac McCarthy Novelist, Screenwriter
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"Probably I dont believe in a lot of things that I used to believe in but that doesnt mean I dont believe in anything."

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Charles Bukowski Poet, Novelist
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"I used to lay drunk in alleys and I probably will again.Bukowski, who is he? I read about Bukowski and it doesn't seem like anything to do with me."

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Blaise Cendrars Poet and Novelist
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"I used the word 'prose' in the Trans-Siberian in the early Latin sense of prosa dictu. Poem seemed to me too pretentious, too narrow. Prose is more open, popular."

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"People used to expect literary novels to deepen the experience of living; now they are happy with any sustained display of writerly cleverness."

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Alan Wolfe Political Scientist
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"We're willing to move pretty far on this issue, we're much more tolerant than we used to be, but don't mix it up with religion and God."

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Andre Reed Football Player
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"I think as you get older and things don't work as much as they used to, you've got to have a tendency to do what's right for your body."

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Anne Stevenson Poet, Writer
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"I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me."

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August Wilson Playwright, Screenwriter
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"You got to take the crookeds with the straights. That's what Papa used to say."

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Angelina Jolie Actress, Filmmaker, Humanitarian
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"I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do."

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Warren Buffett Investor, Businessman
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"Market price, while used exclusively to value our investments in minority positions, is not a relevant factor when applied to our controlling interests."

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