"Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body."
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.“
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"There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good."
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