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Knock Wood
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It takes a long time to become a person. Longer than they tell you. Longer than I thought. I am grateful for my past; it has given me the present. I want to do well by the future. Knock wood.


“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.”
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“The Vatican won't prosecute pedophile priests but I decide I'm not ready for motherhood and it's condemnation for me? These are the same people that won't support national condom distribution that PREVENTS teenage pregnancy.”
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“It takes a long time to become a person.”
― Knock Wood
― Knock Wood

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