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I think, you know, as an actor we get these terribly sort of pretentious ideas in our heads. We try to take everything very seriously at first, you know, until we lighten up, we get onboard, and have a laugh. ↗

— Rosamund Pike

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American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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Among various demands and charges I gave them, was, that the said flag should be delivered to me, and one of the United States' flags be received and hoisted in its place. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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The preparations for my new voyage prevented the possiblity of my paying that attention to the correction of my errors, that I should otherwise have done. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

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There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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Let me tell you something. Nobody goes to jail unless they want to. Unless they make themselves get caught. They don't have things organized. ↗

— Nicholas Pileggi

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