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First, there are god people out there; they just don’t make so much of a racket. Second, if you don’t make waves, then the bad guys don’t get washed overboard. And third, nobody bothers to bad-mouth you unless they’re afraid of you. So think of it as kind of a compliment.
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Barbara Boxer Blind Trust a novel Chronicle Books San Francisco 2009 p. 30

 

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