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Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure. ↗

— George H. Mead

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I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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I didn't get into acting to be a public service announcer or an advocate and yet, by virtue of this show and how we handle the subject matter that we've been given, that's kind of how it's evolved in certain ways. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

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Look, I hate to sound like Pollyanna, but I literally can't wait to get to work in the morning. I've got steady jobs, I've got my health, and I'm here in the greatest city in the world. I'd be a pig not to be grateful. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

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Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian. ↗

— Herman Melville

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We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving. ↗

— Bernard Meltzer

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Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged. ↗

— Herman Melville

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Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian. ↗

— Herman Melville

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Yet habit - strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish? ↗

— Herman Melville

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If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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