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Katana is a trained, disciplined martial artist. She removes herself from Birds of Prey to go on a personal journey in Japantown, San Francisco, and pursue a quest for vengeance against the Sword Clan, the men that killed her husband.

~Ann Nocenti

Topics: Against Artist Birds Clan Disciplined Francisco Go Her Herself Husband Journey Martial Men Personal Prey Pursue Quest San San Francisco She Sword Trained Vengeance

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It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.

~Anthony Trollope

Topics: Become Clan Doctrine Honesty Honesty Is Incompatible Interests Large Man Movement Now Onward Political Politicians Quick Slow Subversive Unnecessary

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I assume the closest members of my family don't actually want to kill me, but the truth is that I have shamed and hurt them; they have to deal with the outrage that my public statements cause, and undoubtedly some members of my clan do want to kill me for that.

~Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Topics: Actually Assume Cause Clan Closest Deal Family Hurt Me Members Outrage Public Some Statements Them Truth Truth Is Undoubtedly Want

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My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfather; he was the head of the clan. Every morning, we all had to say good morning and kiss his hand. But not me. I jumped on his lap and bit him.

~Azzedine Alaia

Topics: Bit Clan Could Every Fair Father Good Good Morning Grandfather Had Hand He Head Him His Kiss Lap Me Morning Respected Same Say Strict Very

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I grew up listening to a lot of Snoop Dogg and the Wu-Tang Clan. Actually, I was a huge Wu-Tang fan.

~Bobby Moynihan

Topics: Actually Clan Fan Grew Huge Listening Lot Up

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Dictators, unlike Democrats, depend on a small coterie to sustain their power. These backers, generally drawn from the military, the senior civil service, and family or clan members, have a synergistic relationship with their dictator. The dictator delivers opportunities for them to become rich, and they protect him from being overthrown.

~Bruce Bueno De Mesquita

Topics: Become Being Civil Civil Service Clan Democrats Depend Dictator Dictators Drawn Family Generally Him Members Military Opportunities Power Protect Relationship Rich Senior Service Small Sustain Them Unlike

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Our liberal, New York/Washington-based media would never in a million years put Liberal Godfather Ted Kennedy on the spot about his clan's bad behavior, to whose lurid history he himself has contributed so much.

~Camille Paglia

Topics: About Bad Bad Behavior Behavior Clan Godfather He Himself His History Kennedy Liberal Media Million Million Years Much Never New Our Put Spot Ted Whose Would Years

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All of us grow up in particular realities - a home, family, a clan, a small town, a neighborhood. Depending upon how we're brought up, we are either deeply aware of the particular reading of reality into which we are born, or we are peripherally aware of it.

~Chaim Potok

Topics: Aware Born Brought Clan Deeply Depending Either Family Grow Grow Up Home How Neighborhood Particular Reading Realities Reality Small Small Town Town Up Us Which

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Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins.

~Charles Eastman

Topics: Blood Character Clan Easy Family Friendship Held Loyal Own Test Think Veins Whose Your

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The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.

~Charles Eastman

Topics: Chief Clan Connection Family Head Larger More Natural Nothing Patriarchal Several Than Tribe Union Voluntary

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