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		Possessing a weapon has made me bashful.
Tears appreciate in this economy of pleasure.
The ether of data engulfs the capitol.
Possessing a weapon has made me forgetful.
My oboe tars her cenotaph.
The surface is in process.
Coruscant skinks emerge in force.
The moon spits on a copse of spruce.
Plausible opposites stir in the brush.
Jupiter spins in its ruts.
The wind extends its every courtesy.
I have never been here.
Understand?
You have never seen me.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ben Lerner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When I was a teenager, my biggest lessons came from Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, George Strait, Rascal Flatts and Brad Paisley. I learned so much from opening up for those artists, and it also taught me how to treat your opening acts and make them feel like they're part of a family, not just a tour. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taylor Swift 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Oscar De La Hoya 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Saddam Hussein was an odious dictator, but he was also a very effective opponent of Iran. He was also a very effective opponent of al-Qaida. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zbigniew Brzezinski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the secrets of a successful life is to be able to hold all of our energies upon one point, to focus all of the scattered rays of the mind upon one place or thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Orison Swett Marden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wanna live. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrick Swayze 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My favorite subject was either English or History. I had a really awesome high school education. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian Harding 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		A man (whom) the IRA were happy to do the job. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian Paisley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The state of Israel must, from time to time, prove clearly that it is strong, and able and willing to use force, in a devastating and highly effective way. If it does not prove this, it will be swallowed up, and perhaps wiped off the face of the earth. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Moshe Sharett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Then in chat, or at play, with a dance, or a song, Let the night, like the day, pass with pleasure along. All cares, but of love, banish far from your mind; And those you may end, when you please to be kind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I never thought for a second that anything I ever did was going to make someone cringe. That never occurred to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Larry David 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Possessing a weapon has made me bashful.
Tears appreciate in this economy of pleasure.
The ether of data engulfs the capitol.
Possessing a weapon has made me forgetful.
My oboe tars her cenotaph.
The surface is in process.
Coruscant skinks emerge in force.
The moon spits on a copse of spruce.
Plausible opposites stir in the brush.
Jupiter spins in its ruts.
The wind extends its every courtesy.
I have never been here.
Understand?
You have never seen me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ben Lerner