1. "When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level."
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Quote by David Baldacci
2. "Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" Probably. Why?" Just wanted confirmation."
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Quote by David Baldacci
3. "Pender laughed. "Verify? In this day and age? Who cares about verifying anything? It's all about the speed. Who gets there first defines the truth. You know that as well as any man living."
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Quote by David Baldacci
4. "Miz Louisa, she believed in God with all her soul. But she don’t subscribe to church much. She say the way some folk run they’s churches, it take God right out cha heart.’ - Eugene Randall"
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Quote by David Baldacci
5. "Well, that dog was all Diamond had. When you love something, you can’t just sit by and not do anything.’ ‘I suppose it may be God’s way of telling us to love people while they’re here, because tomorrow they may be gone. I guess that’s a pretty sorry answer, but I’m afraid it’s the only one I’ve got.’ ‘You’re wise beyond your years. And what you say makes perfect sense. But I think when it comes to matters of the heart, perfect sense may be last thing you want to listen to.’ - Cotton Longfellow"
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Quote by David Baldacci
6. "Number of children fathered got little enough to do with being a good daddy.’ - Louisa Mae Cardinal"
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Quote by David Baldacci
7. "Libraries are the mainstays of democracy. The first thing dictators do when taking over a country is close all the libraries, because libraries are full of ideas and differences of opinion, all the things we say we want in a free and open society. So keep ‘em, fund ‘em, embrace and cherish ‘em."
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Quote by David Baldacci
8. "If Jackson had learned one thing over the years it was that nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved, because, in truth, most people were not above the lure of the dollar or other material entitlements."
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Quote by David Baldacci
9. "With a perfect memory did not come a perfect mind, or resolute decisions. Sometimes with perfection on one end of the equation, one was left with stark imprecision on the other. Perhaps it was nature’s way of balancing things."
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Quote by David Baldacci
10. "Was it a fire in the kitchen?" "No, a bomb in the basement."
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Quote by David Baldacci