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ec4a4c1
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"This won't stop her from getting elected," Shane said. "Stupider people get elected all the time. It's America. We love the sleazy. And the crazy." "I would like to think better of us," Claire said, "but yeah. You're right."
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monica
morganville
election
sleazy
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Rachel Caine |
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eac0afc
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Every four years we go through the same cycle of hope and disillusionment.
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election
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Sheri Holman |
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beda189
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Humans elect leaders on the basis of the promises they make. We [vampires] try to elect ours based solely on the strength of their character.
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human
politics
strength
vampaneze
larten-crepsley
darren-shan
mortals
election
qualities
mortal
power
vampire
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Darren Shan |
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ebae6f8
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The boy knew that escaping school was the surest sign of his election.
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humour
election
school
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Flannery O'Connor |
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a8a20eb
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Then, the massive hands lifted the new people up to a pair of giant indescribable lips and whispered, in a fundamentally untranslatable Creator-language, something that meant, approximately: THIS TIME, BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. REMEMBER: EACH OF YOU WANTS TO BE HAPPY. AND I WANT YOU TO. EACH OF YOU WANTS TO LIVE FREE FROM FEAR. AND I WANT YOU TO. EACH OF YOU ARE SECRETLY AFRAID YOU ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH. BUT YOU ARE, TRUST ME, YOU ARE.
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kindness
politics
fear
election
satire
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George Saunders |
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3ced8e9
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There were no weapons of mass destruction. And we bombed them anyway. And, by the way he's destroyed the economy. He's squandered something in the neighborhood of a trillion dollars. It seems impossible to Tyler that that might not matter. It drives him insane.
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war
politics
w
weapons-of-mass-destruction
election
bush
economy
george-w-bush
president
insanity
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Michael Cunningham |
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ea2ceec
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"An interesting man. He was a last minute replacement as Bush's running mate, when the original candidate managed to say "Thy Kingdom Cunt" at a prayer breakfast."
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prayer-breakfast
running-mate
thy-kingdom-cunt
election
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Garth Ennis |