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The death ship is it I am in,
All I have lost, nothing to win

— B. Traven The Death Ship (1926)

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There's absolutely nothing that you can't learn if you go about it one step at a time.

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Ordinary people can never fall over the walls, because they never dare climb high enough to see what is beyond the walls.

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If all people had a decent job to occupy their minds, and regular meals to satisfy their hunger, most crimes would not be committed.

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A working-man's life is a dog's life, that's what it is.

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It is always more convenient to dream of what might be.

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