"I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health."

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"I have always detested any departure from reality, an attitude which I relate to my mother's poor mental health."

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"Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions."

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Robert Frost, American Poet

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"There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce."

Mark Twain, American Author

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Fran Lebowitz, American Journalist

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William Faulkner, American Novelist

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"Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders."

Ronald Reagan, American President

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