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It's kind of a world neighborhood bookstore. They ?y in from Prague or Tokyo — we had a whole busload of South Africans saying, "They've got my books in here." ... The president of the Czech Republic [Václav Havel] came by to pay us a state visit, turned to the shelf, and his book was there: "Look, they've got my book."
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Dennis McNally, "The Beat Goes On", MotherJones, July/August 2003.: On City Lights

 

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"If we give you a pistol, will you fight for the Lord?"
"But you can't kill the Devil with a gun or a sword!"
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