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One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey. ↗

— Raymond Queneau

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If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth. ↗

— Alan Patrick Herbert

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All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations. ↗

— Michael Johnson

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Every single one of us is the descendant of a go-getter. Of dreamers and of believers. ↗

— Marco Rubio

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