I'm accustomed to being top man. I been a bull goose catskinner for every gyppo logging operation in the Northwest and bull goose gambler all the way from Korea, was even bull goose pea weeder on that pea farm at Pendleton -- so I figure if I'm bound to be a loony, then I'm bound to be a stompdown dadgum good one.
("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest")
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Ritual is necessary for us to know anything.
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You can't really be strong until you can see a funny side things.
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But if the strength ain't real, I recall thinking the very last thing that day, before I finally passed out, then the weakness sure enough is. Weakness is true and real. I used to accuse the kid of faking his weakness. But faking proves the weakness is real. Or you wouldn't be so weak as to fake it. No, you can't ever fake being weak. You can only fake being strong. . .
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Rules? PISS ON YOUR FUCKING RULES!
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What makes people so impatient is what I can't figure; all the guy had to do was wait.
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