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Darrow, Clarence. Criminal Court of Tennessee. The State of Tennessee vs. John Thomas Scopes. 21 July 1925.

As far as "detours" are concerned, they're always more interesting than the main road.

Mary Kelly

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Kelly, Mary. Mary Kelly. Phaidon Press, 1997. Originally stated in an interview with Douglas Crimp. c. 1990.

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Bacon, Francis "Of Marriage and Single Life." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

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Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Marriage and Single Life." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Rumsfeld, Donald. This Week with George Stephanopoulous. 30 Mar. 2003. ABC.

It's absurd to bring children into this world and think they'll be better off than we are.

Wild Strawberries

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Smultronstället [Wild Strawberries]. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, Svensk Filmindustri, 1957.

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Colman, George. The Heir at Law. 15 July 1797, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 2.

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Colman, George. "The Heir at Law." The Plays of George Colman the Younger, edited by Peter Tasch. Vol. 2, Routledge, 2023, act 1, sc. 2.

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Huxley, Aldous. "Variations on a Philosopher." Themes and Variations. Chatto & Windus/Harper & Brothers, 1950.

The God of nature never intended that Ireland should be a province, and by God she never will.

Thomas Goold

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Goold, Thomas. An Address to the People of Ireland on the Subject of the Projected Union. Dublin: J. Moore, 1799.

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Hazlitt, William. "The Times Newspaper." Political Essays. London: William Hone, 1819.

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Hazlitt, William. "The Times Newspaper." The Selected Writings of William Hazlitt, edited by Duncan Wu. Vol. 4, Routledge, 2020.

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Snatch. Directed by Guy Ritchie, SKA Films, 2000.

The summer hath his joys,
And winter has delights;
Though love and all his pleasures are but toys,
They shorten tedious nights.

Thomas Campion

Third Book of Ayres

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Campion, Thomas. The Third and Fourth Booke of Ayres. London, 1617, bk. 3.

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 83.

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Hoover, Herbert. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1929, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Hitchens, Christopher: "Ireland: 'We Ourselves': Suffering, Faith and Redemption." Critical Quarterly, Spring 1998.

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Hitchens, Christopher. "Ireland." Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere. Verso, 2000, pt. 1.

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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, Columbia Pictures/Bona Film Group/Heyday Films/Visiona Romantica, 2019.

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Newton, Huey. Revolutionary Suicide. Random House, 1973, ch. 16.

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Wilson, Woodrow. Address to Congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Wilson, Woodrow. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. NYU Press, 2006.

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Lewis, Sinclair. Babbitt. Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1922, ch. 5.

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Lewis, Sinclair. Babbitt, edited by Gordon Hutner. Oxford University Press, 2010, ch. 5.

Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.

Iain Duncan Smith

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Smith, Iain Duncan. Speech to the Conservative Party Conference. The 2002 Conservative Party Conference. 10 Oct. 2002, Bournemouh, England, UK.