"Civility is a desire to receive civilities, and to be accounted well-bred."
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"Depression is so treacherous - it can be so alluring as well as punishing. After all, it's yours and yours alone - no one else can interfere with it."
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"A thing that most creatives don't do well is that you've gotta learn to listen."
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"He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there."
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"You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love."
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"You can't be halfhearted in a revolution. Values that serve well in a civil society don't work in a state of nature."
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"You've got a deadline. Well, I do, too: death."
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"The importance of music extends well beyond its performance."
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"Sorrow compressed my heart, and I felt I would die, and then... Well, then I woke up."
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"And, indeed, I will at this point ask an idle question on my own account: which is better — cheap happiness or exalted sufferings? Well, which is better?"
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"I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well."
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"Tell me if this is wrong. Justin Bieber … is 100 percent like watching Vanilla Ice all over again. It's exactly the same. Well, as soon as Bieber has a hit, he'll be like Vanilla Ice."
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"…well just call me Hannibal Lecter. With cleavage."
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"How about I let you floss with my jugular as well?"
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"A great statesman is he who knows when to depart from traditions, as well as when to adhere to them."
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"I wouldn't keep him around long if I didn't feed him well."
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"Whatever your life's work is, do it well."
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"Pure friendship's well-feigned blush."
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"We'd all do well to start over again, preferably with kindergarten."
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"The deep, intimate connection I am searching for is within me. I am all that I am looking for. I am love. All is well."
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