Jefferson Smith Quotes

#1. It is a fool of a shepherd who culls his dogs.

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#2. Respect is a really powerful magic too, you know.

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#3. Have you ever noticed how grateful you are to see daylight again after coming through a long dark tunnel? Always try to see life around ya as if you'd just come out of a tunnel.

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#4. In the world of your story, your outline is like the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, your characters are all Atheists.

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#5. Your king is SUPPOSED to explode? What kind of government system is that?

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#6. You can't believe everything people tell you - not even if those people are your own brain.

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#7. Muscle-work can only make one weary - it takes brain-work to create true exhaustion.

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#8. She was every inch the skeletal goddess that had been promised by the bones of her feet.

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#9. Wisdom cannot be stolen - it can only be shared.

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#10. Respect is a kind of magic too, you know.

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#11. Boys forget what their country means by just reading 'The Land of the Free' in history books. Then they get to be men. They forget even more. Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books.

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#12. There is no such thing as helplessness. It's just another word for giving up.

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#13. How do you explain plastic to a medieval forest bard?

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#14. Trust not in Sprites nor the motivations of a Gnome.

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#15. I'm free ... to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn't. I can. And my children will.

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