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One second he was in my face, making me feel stupid and useless. The next he was like this: hovering, concerned, worried.

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Thomas Jefferson

I leave to others the sublime delights of riding in the storm, better pleased with sound sleep & a warmer berth below it encircled, with the society of neighbors, friends & fellow laborers of the earth rather than with spies & sycophants. . . I have no ambition to govern men. It is a painful and thankless office.

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