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Write to the point: say immediately what you want to say most, even if it doesn't "come first." There are three reasons for doing
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the trouble lies in pointing
At any stars. For one's own finger aims ...
At any stars. For one's own finger aims ...
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. ...
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. ...
"Tall tales" were told of the sociability of the Texans, one even going so far as to picture a member of the Austin colony forcing
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Paper is soft and ink is fluid; it might be better if some pages of this chronicle could be written on chips of granite at the poi
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It used to be said that, socially speaking, Philadelphia asked who a person is, New York how much is he worth, and Boston what doe
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The point, as Marx saw it, is that dreams never come true.
Forced labor as a punishment is limited as to time and intensity. The convict retains his rights over his body; he is not absolute
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The theater, which is in no thing, but makes use of everything--gestures, sounds, words, screams, light, darkness--rediscovers its
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